Australian Football

KEY FACTS

Official name
Fitzroy Football Club Ltd.

Known as
Fitzroy

Formed
1883; absorbed Fitzroy Reds in 2008; returned to playing operations in 2009

Disbanded
1996: transferred AFL playing operations to Brisbane

Colours
Maroon, royal blue and gold

Emblem
Lions (formerly, at various times, Maroons, Roys and Gorillas)

Associated clubs
Fitzroy Reds; Fitzroy ACU WFC; Fitzroy ACU Reserves WFC; Fitzroy Reserves; Fitzroy U19s

Affiliation (Current)
Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) 2009–2025

Affiliations (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1884–1896; Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–1996

Home Ground
Brunswick Street Oval

VFL Premierships
1898-9, 1904-5, 1913, 1916, 1922, 1944 (8 total)

VFA Premierships
1895 (1 in total)

Senior Premierships
VFL Night Series 1959, 1978 (2 total); VAFA Premier C - 2018 (1 total)

Most Games
333 - Kevin Murray (1955-1964; 1967-1974)

Most Goals
626 - Jack Moriarty (1924-1933)

League Top Goalkickers
V/AFL: J.Freake (56) 1913 & (66) 1915; J.Moriarty (82) 1924; B.Quinlan (116) 1983 & (105) 1984 (5 total)

Brownlow Medalists
Haydn Bunton 1931, 1932 & 1935; Wilfred 'Chicken' Smallhorn 1933; Denis 'Dinny' Ryan 1936; Alan Ruthven 1950; Kevin Murray 1969; Bernie Quinlan 1981 (6 Medallists/8 Medals)

Championships and Trophies
GT Moore Medal - Rory Angiolella 2015 (1 total)

Headquarters
578 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy North, Melbourne, VIC 3068

Postal Address
PO Box 5230, Mordialloc, VIC, 3195

Email
secretary@fitzroyfc.com.au

Website
https://www.fitzroyfc.com.au/

Fitzroy

Grand Finals | Honour board | Every player | Most games | Most goals

"Fitzroy's on-field achievements, particularly during the early years of the VFL, were considerable. During the first decade of VFL competition the Maroons won no fewer than four flags - more than any other club - and were runners up three times. Further premierships followed in 1913 and 1916, but after World War One the side tended to struggle. Paralleling this, the VFL began to take on more and more of the characteristics of a business: payment to players was officially recognised as taking place in 1909, and professionalism gradually became more and more overt ... "
John Devaney examines the tragic tale of Fitzroy FC – world beaters at the start of the century; out of business by the end of it.

1967 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Fitzroy's 1967 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1967-04-15 1	H	Fitzroy	0.0	2.3	4.4	5.6	36	LOST	Carlton	4.4	12.8	16.14	18.22	130	-94	PRI	1967-04-15 Apr 15 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1967-04-22 2	A	Fitzroy	0.2	3.2	7.3	10.5	65	LOST	South Melbourne	3.3	6.7	10.9	15.13	103	-38	LAK	1967-04-22 Apr 22 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1967-04-29 3	A	Fitzroy	2.3	4.4	5.9	7.11	53	LOST	Richmond	2.3	5.5	9.10	11.12	78	-25	MCG	1967-04-29 Apr 29 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1967-05-06 4	H	Fitzroy	1.2	5.5	9.9	9.10	64	LOST	Geelong	6.2	9.5	14.10	22.13	145	-81	PRI	1967-05-06 May 6 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1967-05-13 5	H	Fitzroy	3.2	5.5	5.5	9.6	60	LOST	North Melbourne	6.3	10.8	11.12	13.13	91	-31	PRI	1967-05-13 May 13 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1967-05-20 6	A	Fitzroy	2.1	2.4	5.8	7.9	51	LOST	Melbourne	3.2	6.9	11.12	13.15	93	-42	MCG	1967-05-20 May 20 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1967-05-27 7	H	Fitzroy	0.3	1.7	3.9	9.12	66	LOST	Hawthorn	3.4	6.8	13.11	16.14	110	-44	PRI	1967-05-27 May 27 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1967-06-03 8	A	Fitzroy	3.2	7.5	9.8	12.9	81	WON	Footscray	2.3	4.10	6.14	7.15	57	24	WES	1967-06-03 Jun 3 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1967-06-10 9	A	Fitzroy	0.5	0.7	2.9	4.9	33	LOST	Collingwood	6.4	10.7	11.15	19.20	134	-101	VIC	1967-06-10 Jun 10 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1967-06-24 10	H	Fitzroy	2.3	5.8	6.9	9.11	65	LOST	Essendon	4.1	5.4	12.9	13.13	91	-26	PRI	1967-06-24 Jun 24 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1967-07-01 11	H	Fitzroy	4.1	6.4	7.7	9.9	63	LOST	St. Kilda	2.5	4.11	10.17	15.21	111	-48	PRI	1967-07-01 Jul 1 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1967-07-15 12	A	Fitzroy	2.1	5.1	7.5	10.8	68	LOST	Carlton	0.1	6.6	7.9	10.16	76	-8	PRI	1967-07-15 Jul 15 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1967-07-22 13	H	Fitzroy	3.6	7.11	12.19	19.21	135	WON	South Melbourne	5.2	7.7	10.8	12.10	82	53	PRI	1967-07-22 Jul 22 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1967-07-29 14	H	Fitzroy	2.1	2.5	7.9	8.10	58	LOST	Richmond	1.5	4.8	6.13	8.19	67	-9	PRI	1967-07-29 Jul 29 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1967-08-05 15	A	Fitzroy	1.0	2.3	5.3	7.8	50	LOST	Geelong	2.4	4.6	9.13	9.14	68	-18	KAR	1967-08-05 Aug 5 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1967-08-12 16	A	Fitzroy	6.6	6.6	13.13	15.15	105	WON	North Melbourne	2.2	8.9	8.10	9.12	66	39	ARD	1967-08-12 Aug 12 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1967-08-19 17	H	Fitzroy	1.3	5.9	5.11	8.18	66	WON	Melbourne	2.2	4.5	8.7	9.8	62	4	PRI	1967-08-19 Aug 19 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1967-08-26 18	A	Fitzroy	3.0	4.5	6.11	10.14	74	LOST	Hawthorn	3.4	6.4	10.11	13.13	91	-17	GLE	1967-08-26 Aug 26 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores

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1967 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Andrews, Mike	8	92	11.5	13	1.6	105	13.1	18	2.3	0	0.0	17	16	2	0.3	5	17
Aspinall, Dennis	6	56	9.3	5	0.8	61	10.2	3	0.5	0	0.0	13	3	8	1.3	4	52
Bahen, John	7	50	7.1	8	1.1	58	8.3	3	0.4	0	0.0	10	8	1	0.1	3	9
Beattie, Bob	8	85	10.6	18	2.3	103	12.9	22	2.8	3	0.4	15	21	0	0.0	0	0
Benison, John	17	192	11.3	35	2.1	227	13.4	29	1.7	1	0.1	38	27	0	0.0	0	0
Booth, John	15	146	9.7	53	3.5	199	13.3	41	2.7	0	0.0	36	41	6	0.4	11	47
Brown, Norm	16	191	11.9	64	4.0	255	15.9	74	4.6	287	17.9	71	52	3	0.2	3	21
Calverley, Ray	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Cobain, Rod	8	68	8.5	22	2.8	90	11.3	25	3.1	0	0.0	16	11	2	0.3	8	20
Cole, Max	14	143	10.2	10	0.7	153	10.9	36	2.6	0	0.0	18	11	0	0.0	0	0
Corbett, Harry	2	4	2.0	2	1.0	6	3.0	1	0.5	12	6.0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0
Cromarty, Russell	4	27	6.8	9	2.3	36	9.0	10	2.5	0	0.0	4	2	0	0.0	2	2
Eastman, Wayne	9	139	15.4	20	2.2	159	17.7	28	3.1	0	0.0	33	14	2	0.2	1	13
Ebbels, Gary	5	51	10.2	9	1.8	60	12.0	11	2.2	0	0.0	9	6	6	1.2	4	40
Enbom, Ross	6	30	5.0	12	2.0	42	7.0	10	1.7	29	4.8	11	5	0	0.0	2	2
Fry, Ron	2	7	3.5	1	0.5	8	4.0	1	0.5	4	2.0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0
Hallahan, Mike	3	16	5.3	5	1.7	21	7.0	4	1.3	1	0.3	2	1	0	0.0	0	0
Hellings, Doug	12	88	7.3	9	0.8	97	8.1	25	2.1	0	0.0	16	24	0	0.0	0	0
Hobbs, Colin	18	222	12.3	40	2.2	262	14.6	38	2.1	0	0.0	46	29	2	0.1	3	15
Kemp, Jim	3	10	3.3	5	1.7	15	5.0	4	1.3	0	0.0	2	1	3	1.0	2	20
Knight, Barry	2	22	11.0	6	3.0	28	14.0	2	1.0	0	0.0	4	1	0	0.0	0	0
Kuka, Andrew	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Lazarus, Gary	18	167	9.3	42	2.3	209	11.6	63	3.5	24	1.3	33	32	35	1.9	24	234
McCrae, Ian	12	143	11.9	32	2.7	175	14.6	10	0.8	0	0.0	12	14	4	0.3	6	30
McGregor, Treva	9	130	14.4	19	2.1	149	16.6	22	2.4	0	0.0	19	9	4	0.4	7	31
Murphy, John	18	352	19.6	25	1.4	377	20.9	51	2.8	0	0.0	63	27	8	0.4	19	67
Murray, Kevin	18	303	16.8	83	4.6	386	21.4	75	4.2	40	2.2	51	33	8	0.4	8	56
Newnham, John	17	287	16.9	41	2.4	328	19.3	22	1.3	0	0.0	49	31	20	1.2	11	131
O'Brien, Paul	14	127	9.1	38	2.7	165	11.8	40	2.9	97	6.9	16	33	1	0.1	0	6
Peoples, Daryl	13	178	13.7	61	4.7	239	18.4	70	5.4	5	0.4	30	64	6	0.5	4	40
Rheinberger, Cec	15	116	7.7	56	3.7	172	11.5	25	1.7	38	2.5	22	40	3	0.2	6	24
Ruscuklic, Alex	17	138	8.1	37	2.2	175	10.3	85	5.0	23	1.4	24	26	26	1.5	30	186
Smith, Gavin	1	1	1.0	1	1.0	2	2.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Sykes, David	11	74	6.7	59	5.4	133	12.1	38	3.5	50	4.5	20	23	13	1.2	9	87
Telford, Dick	2	24	12.0	11	5.5	35	17.5	2	1.0	0	0.0	5	1	0	0.0	1	1
Wall, David	9	36	4.0	5	0.6	41	4.6	12	1.3	0	0.0	4	4	3	0.3	2	20
Wood, Peter	14	150	10.7	7	0.5	157	11.2	61	4.4	13	0.9	17	13	0	0.0	0	0
Zunneberg, Noel	5	24	4.8	7	1.4	31	6.2	4	0.8	2	0.4	4	3	1	0.2	0	6