Vic Aanensen
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Vic Aanensen is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne
in the Victorian Football League
(VFL) and Port Melbourne
in the Victorian Football Association
(VFA) during the 1970s and 1980s.
A ruckman, Aanensen started his career with Port Melbourne in 1970. He was picked up by South Melbourne in the VFL for the 1973 season and went on to play 40 games for the club before returning to Port. He played a total of 129 for Port Melbourne in his two stints at the club. He won the J. J. Liston Trophy
twice in his VFA career, in 1979 and 1981, and was a three time best and fairest winner and three time premiership player for Port Melbourne. In 2003 he was chosen as the second ruckman in Port's official 'Team of the Century'.
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
in the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
(VFL) and Port Melbourne
Port Melbourne Football Club
The Port Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Borough, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Port Melbourne and is currently playing in the Victorian Football League ....
in the Victorian Football Association
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...
(VFA) during the 1970s and 1980s.
A ruckman, Aanensen started his career with Port Melbourne in 1970. He was picked up by South Melbourne in the VFL for the 1973 season and went on to play 40 games for the club before returning to Port. He played a total of 129 for Port Melbourne in his two stints at the club. He won the J. J. Liston Trophy
J. J. Liston Trophy
The J. J. Liston Trophy is awarded to the best and fairest senior player in the Victorian Football League .-History:The VFA awarded the Recorder Cup from 1923 to 1941, and also ran a different award known as the VFA Medal .After a hiatus in 1942 to 1944 due to World War II, a best and fairest award...
twice in his VFA career, in 1979 and 1981, and was a three time best and fairest winner and three time premiership player for Port Melbourne. In 2003 he was chosen as the second ruckman in Port's official 'Team of the Century'.