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.

1966 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Fitzroy's 1966 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1966-04-23 1	A	Fitzroy	2.2	4.5	6.7	9.8	62	LOST	South Melbourne	4.1	8.7	12.12	16.19	115	-53	LAK	1966-04-23 Apr 23 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-04-30 2	H	Fitzroy	2.4	4.7	5.12	5.12	42	LOST	Collingwood	1.2	2.6	4.10	9.17	71	-29	BWS	1966-04-30 Apr 30 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-05-07 3	H	Fitzroy	0.2	3.3	4.4	6.8	44	LOST	Carlton	0.4	2.6	9.10	10.16	76	-32	BWS	1966-05-07 May 7 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-05-14 4	A	Fitzroy	0.0	1.11	1.11	5.16	46	LOST	Footscray	4.1	5.2	11.12	12.12	84	-38	WES	1966-05-14 May 14 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-05-21 5	H	Fitzroy	3.2	5.7	9.9	9.10	64	LOST	Essendon	4.1	9.4	11.5	17.11	113	-49	BWS	1966-05-21 May 21 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-05-28 6	A	Fitzroy	0.3	2.4	4.5	8.6	54	LOST	St. Kilda	3.4	5.9	9.11	17.16	118	-64	MOO	1966-05-28 May 28 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-06-04 7	H	Fitzroy	3.2	5.4	10.5	12.6	78	LOST	Richmond	3.2	5.6	11.8	15.12	102	-24	BWS	1966-06-04 Jun 4 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-06-13 8	H	Fitzroy	1.2	3.4	5.7	8.13	61	LOST	Hawthorn	1.7	5.9	9.13	11.14	80	-19	BWS	1966-06-13 Jun 13 (Mon, 2:15)	Scores
1966-06-18 9	A	Fitzroy	4.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	31	LOST	Geelong	4.1	8.7	10.13	20.24	144	-113	KAR	1966-06-18 Jun 18 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-06-25 10	A	Fitzroy	0.1	1.4	2.5	3.7	25	LOST	Melbourne	4.5	6.8	9.12	11.17	83	-58	MCG	1966-06-25 Jun 25 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-07-02 11	H	Fitzroy	1.1	4.3	5.4	10.7	67	LOST	North Melbourne	4.5	9.6	18.8	22.8	140	-73	BWS	1966-07-02 Jul 2 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-07-16 12	H	Fitzroy	4.0	7.1	8.3	8.5	53	LOST	South Melbourne	4.4	5.6	6.13	10.15	75	-22	BWS	1966-07-16 Jul 16 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-07-23 13	A	Fitzroy	0.2	2.3	7.6	9.7	61	LOST	Collingwood	2.4	9.7	12.10	19.14	128	-67	VIC	1966-07-23 Jul 23 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-07-30 14	A	Fitzroy	2.3	5.3	7.5	9.6	60	LOST	Carlton	2.2	7.7	9.10	12.15	87	-27	PRI	1966-07-30 Jul 30 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-08-06 15	H	Fitzroy	4.5	8.9	9.14	13.17	95	WON	Footscray	3.2	7.5	10.7	13.11	89	6	BWS	1966-08-06 Aug 6 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-08-13 16	A	Fitzroy	0.2	2.4	3.6	6.9	45	LOST	Essendon	5.1	9.3	13.6	14.9	93	-48	WIN	1966-08-13 Aug 13 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-08-20 17	H	Fitzroy	2.6	3.7	5.9	5.10	40	LOST	St. Kilda	0.7	8.15	12.16	17.22	124	-84	BWS	1966-08-20 Aug 20 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-08-27 18	A	Fitzroy	2.3	7.7	9.8	11.10	76	LOST	Richmond	4.9	6.11	13.18	20.23	143	-67	MCG	1966-08-27 Aug 27 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores

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1966 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Andrews, Mike	14	196	14.0	11	0.8	207	14.8	44	3.1	0	0.0	23	27	0	0.0	0	0
Aspinall, Dennis	3	40	13.3	4	1.3	44	14.7	8	2.7	0	0.0	9	5	2	0.7	2	14
Bahen, John	9	116	12.9	16	1.8	132	14.7	13	1.4	1	0.1	19	17	5	0.6	10	40
Beattie, Bob	9	83	9.2	29	3.2	112	12.4	35	3.9	3	0.4	19	26	0	0.0	0	0
Benison, John	1	4	4.0	1	1.0	5	5.0	1	1.0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Bond, Colin	9	64	7.1	15	1.7	79	8.8	17	1.9	1	0.1	12	14	0	0.0	1	1
Booth, John	17	203	11.9	36	2.1	239	14.1	56	3.3	4	0.2	40	35	0	0.0	2	2
Brown, Norm	15	212	14.1	81	5.4	293	19.5	94	6.3	269	19.2	43	52	4	0.3	3	27
Calverley, Ray	10	69	6.9	11	1.1	80	8.0	10	1.0	1	0.1	10	6	2	0.2	3	15
Carey, George	5	31	6.2	9	1.8	40	8.0	14	2.8	0	0.0	7	4	4	0.8	4	28
Carroll, Bob	4	40	10.0	4	1.0	44	11.0	11	2.8	0	0.0	8	11	0	0.0	3	3
Cobain, Rod	6	46	7.7	10	1.7	56	9.3	16	2.7	6	1.0	12	4	4	0.7	5	29
Cole, Max	7	67	9.6	14	2.0	81	11.6	13	1.9	0	0.0	9	3	0	0.0	3	3
Corbett, Harry	8	44	5.5	17	2.1	61	7.6	12	1.5	61	7.6	17	17	2	0.3	3	15
Corkran, Peter	1	6	6.0	1	1.0	7	7.0	2	2.0			0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Cromarty, Russell	14	80	5.7	10	0.7	90	6.4	35	2.5	0	0.0	12	5	25	1.8	14	164
Dawson, Trevor	7	55	7.9	12	1.7	67	9.6	4	0.6	0	0.0	15	5	5	0.7	7	37
Drake, Vern	2	14	7.0	1	0.5	15	7.5	8	4.0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0.0	2	2
Drury, Bernie	6	34	5.7	15	2.5	49	8.2	13	2.2	1	0.2	5	2	0	0.0	1	1
Eastman, Wayne	14	194	13.9	25	1.8	219	15.6	43	3.1	0	0.0	23	24	2	0.1	3	15
Ellis, Kingsley	7	50	7.1	14	2.0	64	9.1	9	1.3	1	0.1	8	8	0	0.0	1	1
Fry, Ron	2	17	8.5	7	3.5	24	12.0	9	4.5	16	8.0	4	8	0	0.0	1	1
Hackwill, Brendon	11	76	6.9	31	2.8	107	9.7	32	2.9	84	8.4	16	15	2	0.2	2	14
Hayes, John	18	266	14.8	47	2.6	313	17.4	55	3.1	0	0.0	44	32	1	0.1	0	6
Hellings, Doug	17	170	10.0	14	0.8	184	10.8	30	1.8	0	0.0	29	17	0	0.0	0	0
Hepper, Brian	5	47	9.4	11	2.2	58	11.6	8	1.6	0	0.0	3	7	1	0.2	2	8
Hobbs, Colin	12	155	12.9	29	2.4	184	15.3	22	1.8	0	0.0	24	20	0	0.0	6	6
Hodgson, Paul	3	10	3.3	6	2.0	16	5.3	1	0.3	11	3.7	5	4	0	0.0	0	0
Kemp, Jim	3	15	5.0	1	0.3	16	5.3	9	3.0	0	0.0	4	2	7	2.3	3	45
Lazarus, Gary	18	228	12.7	50	2.8	278	15.4	83	4.6	24	1.4	36	18	39	2.2	23	257
Lynch, Allen	11	130	11.8	29	2.6	159	14.5	25	2.3	25	2.5	16	13	3	0.3	1	19
McCrae, Ian	16	236	14.8	66	4.1	302	18.9	17	1.1	0	0.0	23	10	11	0.7	14	80
McGregor, Treva	3	24	8.0	0	0.0	24	8.0	7	2.3	1	0.3	5	4	1	0.3	1	7
Newnham, John	11	185	16.8	17	1.5	202	18.4	17	1.5	0	0.0	32	17	7	0.6	8	50
O'Brien, Paul	7	44	6.3	20	2.9	64	9.1	13	1.9	20	3.3	5	10	0	0.0	0	0
Oakley, Kevin	10	81	8.1	10	1.0	91	9.1	15	1.5	11	1.1	13	10	1	0.1	3	9
Parker, Kevin	2	6	3.0	2	1.0	8	4.0	1	0.5	10	5.0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Peoples, Daryl	17	197	11.6	55	3.2	252	14.8	73	4.3	4	0.3	40	36	5	0.3	9	39
Rheinberger, Cec	1	6	6.0	7	7.0	13	13.0	3	3.0	0	0.0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Rogerson, Ralph	5	54	10.8	12	2.4	66	13.2	22	4.4	0	0.0	13	7	3	0.6	5	23
Ruscuklic, Alex	1	4	4.0	1	1.0	5	5.0	2	2.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1
Williams, Peter	3	15	5.0	3	1.0	18	6.0	5	1.7	0	0.0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Wood, Peter	16	123	7.7	17	1.1	140	8.8	41	2.6	19	1.3	32	12	5	0.3	1	31