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KEY FACTS

Official name
Fitzroy Football Club

Known as
Fitzroy

Formed
1883

Disbanded
1996

Colours
Maroon, royal blue and gold

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

Associated clubs
Fitzroy; Fitzroy Reserves

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

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)

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)

Fitzroy



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

"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 - worldbeaters at the start of the century; out of business by the end of it

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1980 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Fitzroy's 1980 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Fitzroy 3.76.1213.1618.17 125 WON Footscray 3.26.78.817.11 113 12 WES Mar 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Fitzroy 5.67.1013.1117.14 116 LOST Melbourne 6.010.316.522.8 140 -24 VFL Apr 7 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
3 H Fitzroy 5.17.108.1214.18 102 LOST North Melbourne 3.88.1214.2021.22 148 -46 JUN Apr 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H Fitzroy 6.26.410.712.10 82 LOST Hawthorn 3.59.1511.1611.19 85 -3 VFL Apr 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 A Fitzroy 4.34.89.1311.15 81 LOST Richmond 6.113.818.1929.25 199 -118 MCG Apr 25 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
6 H Fitzroy 4.16.411.816.12 108 LOST Essendon 4.65.139.2015.23 113 -5 JUN May 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Fitzroy 7.39.811.1418.23 131 WON St. Kilda 3.65.118.1712.20 92 39 MOO May 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Fitzroy 4.77.1013.1417.16 118 DRAW Collingwood 3.410.812.1117.16 118 0 JUN May 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Fitzroy 3.66.913.1514.16 100 LOST South Melbourne 3.27.1110.1616.25 121 -21 JUN May 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Fitzroy 3.07.315.517.6 108 LOST Geelong 4.78.1110.1418.15 123 -15 KAR May 31 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Fitzroy 7.211.414.719.12 126 LOST Carlton 7.413.1119.1822.24 156 -30 JUN Jun 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 H Fitzroy 2.38.612.1018.15 123 LOST Footscray 3.811.919.1225.17 167 -44 JUN Jun 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Fitzroy 3.49.514.818.9 117 LOST Melbourne 3.87.1212.1818.21 129 -12 MCG Jun 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A Fitzroy 1.16.36.38.7 55 LOST Hawthorn 6.78.1219.1621.17 143 -88 PRI Jun 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Fitzroy 8.39.514.1315.19 109 WON Richmond 2.46.108.1212.16 88 21 JUN Jul 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Fitzroy 4.27.410.613.8 86 LOST North Melbourne 5.49.813.1217.13 115 -29 VFL Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Fitzroy 5.59.913.1217.14 116 LOST Essendon 2.310.616.718.14 122 -6 WIN Jul 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Fitzroy 2.56.611.1115.14 104 WON St. Kilda 2.05.49.512.8 80 24 JUN Aug 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Fitzroy 4.98.1113.1616.19 115 LOST Collingwood 4.17.610.919.10 124 -9 VFL Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A Fitzroy 4.49.712.1017.15 117 LOST South Melbourne 5.28.414.1020.14 134 -17 LAK Aug 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 H Fitzroy 7.58.813.1616.21 117 LOST Geelong 5.210.613.720.12 132 -15 JUN Aug 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 A Fitzroy 3.55.1111.1420.22 142 LOST Carlton 5.59.1119.1721.20 146 -4 PRI Aug 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
Player stats will return soon.
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.