Vicki Cleary Day

The game is held in honour of Vicki Cleary, the sister of former Coburg captain and coach Phil Cleary, who was killed by her former partner in 1987.

[3][4] On 26 August 1987, Vicki Cleary was attacked and repeatedly stabbed at a kindergarten by Peter Keogh, her former partner.

[5][6] Keogh was acquitted of murder and convicted of manslaughter by a jury, spending less than four years in jail.

[6] At the time his sister was killed, Phil Cleary was the captain-coach of Coburg in the Victorian Football Association (now Victorian Football League).

[7] Cleary currently campaigns to stop male violence against women.