2024 in Australian rules football

The following are the events of Australian rules football for the calendar year 2024, 166 years after the first game was played in 1858.

Clubs

Mergers

Deaths

January

• 14 January – John Bingley (83), 1966 premiership player and Clarence 1970 premiership coach
• 21 January – Dick O'Bree (87), former and Euroa player

February

• 5 February – Ernie O'Rourke (97), former and player
• 19 February – Jesse Baird (26), AFL goal umpire

March

• 5 March – Steve Marsh (99), former and player
• 7 March – David Granger (69), former and player
• 24 March – Andrew Plympton (74), former St Kilda Football Club president
• 30 March – Les Twentyman (76), 1977 VFA Division 2 reserves premiership coach with Yarraville

April

• 16 April – Peter Davidson (60), former and player
• 25 April – Ross Thornton (67), former player

May

• 2 May – Ian Hayden (83), former University Blues and player
• 9 May – Cam McCarthy (29), former and player
• 13 May – Berkley Cox (90), Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame member
• 13 May – Reg Burgess (89), Hall of Fame member
• 23 May – Barry Davis (80), former and player

June

• 4 June – John Todd (86), 721-game WAFL coach and former player (death announced on this date)
• 5 June – Ross Booth (72), former VAFA player and VFA/VFL commentator (death announced on this date)
• 12 June – Nick Mustafa (26), Templestowe EFNL player
• 18 June – Billy Sullivan (20s), Melton BFNL player

July

• 4 July – Brian Lowe (85), former player and Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame member
• 13 July – Nick Campo (18), WAFL Colts player who died in car crash

August

• 3 August – Mark Slater (73), former , Preston, and Bundoora player
• 20 August – Sam Landsberger (35), sports journalist and Herald Sun AFL writer

September

• 1 September – John Schultz (85), former player

November

• 21 November – Bianca Jones (19), Beaumaris VAFA player who died in suspected mass poisoning in Laos
• 22 November – Holly Bowles (19), Beaumaris VAFA player who died in suspected mass poisoning in Laos

December

• 30 December – Michael Turner (70), Hall of Fame player

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