query: place_of_birth jesse w. smith
supports: The Victorian Football League (VFL) is the major state-level Australian rules football league in Victoria. The league evolved from the former Victorian Football Association (VFA), and has been known by its current name since 1996. For historical purposes, the present VFL is sometimes referred to as the VFA/VFL, to distinguish it from the present day Australian Football League, which was known until 1990 as the Victorian Football League and is sometimes referred to as the VFL/AFL. The AFL Commission is the official governing body of Australian rules football and the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite national competition. Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, but also called Aussie rules, football or footy (and in some regions marketed as AFL after the Australian Football League), is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. For the member of President Warren G. Harding 's Ohio Gang see Jess Smith Jesse W. Smith ( born 29 September 1986 ) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and North Melbourne in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . He is the son of former North Melbourne player , Ross Smith . Formerly playing for North Melbourne , he was drafted to play for St Kilda in 2010 , and retired at the end of 2010 . The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.
candidates: of victoria
answer: victoria