Starting out in 1912, the AFL's official organ was known as the Football Record and remained so until the 1999 AFL season. It has evolved in accordance with the game it covers, documenting the countless issues and moments that have marked the past 100 seasons of VFL/AFL football.
To commemorate the milestone, collingwoodfc.com.au has published a selection of Record covers that have featured the Collingwood Football Club and its players. All cover images are courtesy of AFL Media.
The first Football Record, published for 27 April 1912.
Round 3, 1970: Collingwood legend Des Tuddenham runs away from his Footscray opponent.
Round 3, 1984: Greg Phillips flights high.
Round 2, 1987: Denis Banks marks in front of Brian Taylor at Victoria Park.
Round 18, 1989: Athas Hrysoulakis takes centre stage on the Round 18, 1989, cover of the Record.
Round 23, 1992: Youngsters Sav Rocca and Mark Fraser grin in the MCG rooms after defeating North Melbourne by six points.
Round 15, 1993: Big Sav is recognised for kicking 10 goals against Richmond the previous week.
Round 9, 1994: Tony Shaw is photographed in the Victoria Park change rooms ahead of his 300th game for the club against North Melbourne.
Round 6, 1997: Nathan Buckley kicks forward during Collingwood's ANZAC Day win over Essendon.
Round 1, 1998: Buckley is crowned the No. 1 player in the game by Football Record editor Greg Hobbs.
Round 22, 1999: Farewell to Victoria Park.
Round 19, 2001: Ryan Lonie missed only one game in his first season of league football and was profiled extensively ahead of Collingwood's big win over the Western Bulldogs.
Round 5, 2004: The first decade of the traditional Collingwood-Essendon ANZAC Day blockbuster was recognised with big images of Nathan Buckley and James Hird during the their peak.
Round 22, 2006: The Rocca brothers, Anthony and Sav, pose in front of Sav's farewell for the Kangaroos. Ironically, he was playing against his former side and kicked three goals in the loss.
Round 11, 2007: Rhyce and Heath Shaw's start to the season was highlighted by the Record ahead of the Queen's Birthday clash with Melbourne. In a twist of fate, Rhyce was absent with a hamstring injury and Heath was forced to tough out a badly corked thigh that was covered by heavy padding all afternoon.
Grand Final 2010: Captains Nick Maxwell and Nick Riewoldt feature with a bevy of stars on the cover of the Record for the drawn Grand Final.
Round 3, 2011: A celebration. Collingwood's 2010 premiership took centre stage for the unfurling of the premiership pennant by club legend Simon Prestigiacomo ahead of the victory over Carlton at the MCG.
