Australian Rules Football - Fitzroy Football Club

Date: 1883
Location: Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Surnames/tags: Australia Aussie Rules Football

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• See also Australian Rules Football for more information on the code.

Team Members

Melanie Paul

Danny Stapleton

Founded in 1883 and was part of the VFA.

Became a part of the breakaway movement that became the VFL/AFL in 1897.

Went into administration in 1996.

Amalgamated into Brisbane Lions later in 1996.

Came out of administration in 1998.

Began playing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) in 2009.

Fitzroy Football Club also known as "Maroons", "Gorillas", "Lions", "Reds"

Photo	Name	Captain (years)	Years Played	Games (Goals)	VFA/VFL/AFL Premiership Other Career Highlight(s)	Connected
	Thomas "Tom" Banks	1893, 1894, 1895	1888-1896 (VFA) 1897 (VFL)	163 (22) 8 (0)	Victoria (VFA) captain (1892, 1893) VFA premiership captain (1895) Fitzroy life member. VFL Life member. Australian Football Council (AFC) life member.	Y
	John Worrall (abt. 1860 - 1937)	1886–1887, 1889–1892 (VFA)	1884–1887; 1889–1893 (VFA)	90 (132)	The Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee of 1996. Carlton Football Club Premiership Coach 1906, 1907 & 1908. Essendon Football Club Premiership coach 1911 & 1912.	N
	Bill Cleary	1896 (VFA) & 1897 (VFL)	1888 - 1899	173 (50)	1 VFA Premiership as a player (1895). 1 VFL Premiership as a player (1899).	Y
	Con Hickey	-	1887–1894	109 (2)	1 game for Victoria at Intercolonial level. A VFL administrator continuously from 1897 until 1933.	Y
	Alec Sloan	1898-1900	1892 - 1902	134 (8)	1 Premiership as a player in the VFA (1895). 2 Premierships as Captain in the VFL (1898 and 1899). 1 game for Victoria at Intercolonial level (1900).	Y
	Geoff Moriarty		1892 - 1907	201 (13)	1 Premierships as a player in VFA (1895) 2 Premierships as a player in the VFL (1899 & 1905) Club Coach 1911-1912.	Y
	Dan Moriarty	-	1894 - 1897	42 (3)	-	Y
	Pat Hickey	-	1895-1901	19 (0) (VFA) & 61 (3) (VFL)	1 VFA Premiership as a player (1895). 2 VFL Premiership as a player (1898 & 1899). Fitzroy Football Club Champion in 1899.	Y
	Percy Trotter	-	1901 – 1906	109 (145)	2 Premierships as a player (1904, 1905). Played in the AIF Pioneer Exhibition Game, London (28 October 1916) Fitzroy Football Club Champion in 1903. 4 times Fitzroy Football Club's Leading Goalkicker: 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906. Played for Victoria at Interstate level. Fitzroy Football Club's Team of the 20th Century.	Y
	James "Jim" Sharp	1908 – 1910	1901 – 1910	161 (43)	2 Premierships as a player (1904 & 1905). Fitzroy Football Club Champion in 1904. Fitzroy Football Club Leading Goalkicker in 1907. Played for Victoria at Interstate level.	Y
	Jack Cooper	1912	1907–1915	136 (8)	1 Premiership as a player (1913). Played eight games for Victoria (1 as captain). Played in the Australian Training Units team for the "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916.	Y
	Chris Lethbridge	1921-1922	1913–1922	149 (19)	2 Premierships as a player (1911, 1922). Club Coach 1925. Inaugural NSW Australian Football Hall of Fame Inductee of 2024.	Y
	James "Jim" Atkinson	1924 - 1925	1917 – 1925	112 (0)	1 Premiership as a player in 1922. Club Champion in 1922.	Y
	Gordon Rattray	1923 &1928	1917–1924, 1928	87 (65)	1 Premiership as a player (1922) Club Coach 1928, 1937–1939 Played for Victoria five times.	Y
[[Image:|50px]]	Frederick (Fred) Keays	-	1919-1920	5 (1)	-	Y
	Jack Moriarty	1933	1924-1933	157 (626)	Fitzroy's leading goal kicking 1924-1928 & 1930-1933. Brisbane Lions/Fitzroy Lions: Hall of Fame. Victorian representative 11 times between 1924 and 1933.	Y
	Wilfred "Chicken" Smallhorn	-	1930 – 1940	150 (31)	Brownlow Medal winner in 1933. Represented Victoria at Interstate level on 7 occasions. Fitzroy Team of the 20th Century. Brisbane Lions/Fitzroy Lions: Hall of Fame. Inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2006.	Y
	Haydn Bunton (snr)	1932, 1936–1937	1931–1937 & 1942	119 (207)	3 Brownlow Medals (1931,1932 & 1937). Represented Victoria 1931–1937. Club Coach 1936. Brisbane Lions/Fitzroy Lions: Hall of Fame. Australian Football Hall of Fame – Legend Status.	Y
	Doug Nicholls	-	1932–1937	54 (2)	First Aboriginal Australian to be knighted when he was appointed Knight Bachelor in 1972 Served as Governor of South Australia from 1 December 1976 until 30 April 1977. 4 games for Victoria at Interstate level.	Y
[[Image:|50px]]	Frank Curcio	1938-1941	1932 – 1948	249 (17)	Fitzroy Football Club's Team of the 20th Century. Brisbane Lions/Fitzroy Lions: Hall of Fame, Club Coach 1956. Represented Victoria at Interstate level.	needs profile created
[[Image:|50px]]	Keith Stackpole Sr.	-	1939 – 1944	84 (203)	1 Premiership as a player (1944).	Y
	Albert Collier (1909 - 1988)	-	1941 – 42	12 (12)	Represented Victoria at Interstate Level 14 times. Represented Tasmania at Interstate Level 1 time. Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee of 1996.	Y
[[Image:|50px]]	George Coates	-	1947 – 1954	128 (128)	Brisbane Lions/Fitzroy Lions: Hall of Fame. Designed the clubs famous Prowling Lion logo in 1965. Fitzroy Football Club Vice-President (1965-1986). Represented Victoria at Interstate level in 1949.	needs profile created

Sources

See also:

• Wikipedia : Australian Rules Football
• The Australian Football website : Australian Football dot com
• AFL Tables website : Player, Coach and Umpire Statistics
• Wikipedia : Fitzroy FC honour roll
• Australian Football League: Brisbane Lions/Fitzroy Lions: Hall of Fame