Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Basil McCormack was a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1925 and 1936 for the Richmond Football Club. Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, footy or Aussie rules (and in some regions calleda??erroneouslya??AFL, after the Australian Football League, the only fully professional Australian rules football league) is a sport played between two teams of 22 players (18 on the field, and four interchanges) on either an Australian rules football ground, a modified cricket field or another modified sports venue.