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.

1976 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Fitzroy's 1976 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1976-04-03 1	A	Fitzroy	4.4	6.7	11.12	14.14	98	LOST	Richmond	3.4	5.9	12.13	16.21	117	-19	MCG	1976-04-03 Apr 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-04-10 2	H	Fitzroy	7.5	11.8	13.10	14.17	101	LOST	St. Kilda	4.4	8.7	14.10	15.15	105	-4	JUN	1976-04-10 Apr 10 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-04-17 3	H	Fitzroy	2.2	5.8	5.9	6.12	48	LOST	Carlton	3.4	4.6	8.10	14.13	97	-49	VFL	1976-04-17 Apr 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-04-24 4	A	Fitzroy	1.4	4.6	8.10	13.13	91	LOST	Geelong	3.3	10.5	15.9	19.12	126	-35	KAR	1976-04-24 Apr 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-05-01 5	H	Fitzroy	2.4	4.7	11.10	15.13	103	LOST	Melbourne	2.5	10.7	14.11	17.13	115	-12	JUN	1976-05-01 May 1 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-05-08 6	A	Fitzroy	2.3	5.6	7.8	9.9	63	LOST	North Melbourne	4.6	10.8	15.14	19.21	135	-72	ARD	1976-05-08 May 8 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-05-15 7	H	Fitzroy	6.4	9.8	11.18	11.22	88	WON	South Melbourne	3.1	6.9	7.10	12.15	87	1	JUN	1976-05-15 May 15 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-05-22 8	A	Fitzroy	1.5	4.8	7.13	9.19	73	LOST	Collingwood	4.3	9.6	13.8	15.11	101	-28	VIC	1976-05-22 May 22 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-05-29 9	A	Fitzroy	3.3	6.8	12.9	14.12	96	LOST	Hawthorn	6.4	11.9	15.10	18.15	123	-27	PRI	1976-05-29 May 29 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-06-05 10	H	Fitzroy	0.2	5.5	7.6	12.15	87	LOST	Footscray	4.7	6.9	11.13	13.13	91	-4	JUN	1976-06-05 Jun 5 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-06-14 11	A	Fitzroy	4.5	7.6	10.12	16.14	110	WON	Essendon	1.6	11.10	12.16	13.22	100	10	VFL	1976-06-14 Jun 14 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1976-06-19 12	H	Fitzroy	5.4	12.6	19.10	22.14	146	WON	Richmond	2.2	7.3	8.6	13.12	90	56	JUN	1976-06-19 Jun 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-06-26 13	A	Fitzroy	0.4	9.9	10.12	13.17	95	WON	St. Kilda	4.4	6.5	9.7	11.10	76	19	MOO	1976-06-26 Jun 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-07-03 14	H	Fitzroy	1.0	5.9	7.11	17.17	119	WON	Geelong	5.7	7.11	11.15	13.18	96	23	JUN	1976-07-03 Jul 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-07-10 15	A	Fitzroy	1.6	4.8	6.13	10.16	76	LOST	Carlton	4.3	8.6	10.8	12.8	80	-4	PRI	1976-07-10 Jul 10 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-07-17 16	A	Fitzroy	3.4	7.7	11.14	15.16	106	LOST	Melbourne	5.4	11.13	15.15	21.20	146	-40	MCG	1976-07-17 Jul 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-07-24 17	H	Fitzroy	1.2	1.2	8.6	11.7	73	LOST	North Melbourne	2.7	8.7	8.12	13.14	92	-19	JUN	1976-07-24 Jul 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-07-31 18	A	Fitzroy	0.4	6.10	8.13	11.14	80	LOST	South Melbourne	5.2	8.4	12.8	16.11	107	-27	LAK	1976-07-31 Jul 31 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-08-07 19	H	Fitzroy	2.2	7.5	9.10	17.15	117	WON	Collingwood	4.5	5.7	7.12	9.16	70	47	JUN	1976-08-07 Aug 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-08-14 20	H	Fitzroy	3.3	7.11	10.14	12.19	91	LOST	Hawthorn	8.2	10.4	12.9	14.10	94	-3	JUN	1976-08-14 Aug 14 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-08-21 21	A	Fitzroy	2.4	2.8	3.13	3.16	34	LOST	Footscray	1.0	2.3	2.3	4.11	35	-1	VFL	1976-08-21 Aug 21 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-08-28 22	H	Fitzroy	5.8	9.12	12.18	15.20	110	WON	Essendon	4.1	6.7	6.10	10.18	78	32	JUN	1976-08-28 Aug 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores

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1976 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Alexander, Ron	22	218	9.9	117	5.3	335	15.2	105	4.8	359	16.3	88	34	3	0.1	6	24
Allan, Graeme	14	209	14.9	66	4.7	275	19.6	23	1.6	2	0.1	34	35	18	1.3	23	131
Austen, Geoff	13	81	6.2	18	1.4	99	7.6	43	3.3	86	6.6	23	14	8	0.6	2	50
Beecroft, Bob	13	81	6.2	32	2.5	113	8.7	48	3.7	70	5.4	11	28	17	1.3	13	115
Brown, Brian	4	29	7.3	5	1.3	34	8.5	4	1.0	0	0.0	5	5	1	0.3	4	10
Carter, Rod	17	161	9.5	22	1.3	183	10.8	43	2.5	2	0.1	48	21	0	0.0	0	0
Chapman, Gary	7	53	7.6	21	3.0	74	10.6	12	1.7	0	0.0	14	18	10	1.4	12	72
Christou, Jim	4	21	5.3	11	2.8	32	8.0	5	1.3	1	0.3	2	2	5	1.3	1	31
Christou, John	1	3	3.0	2	2.0	5	5.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Clifton, Jeff	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Duckworth, John	18	130	7.2	75	4.2	205	11.4	53	2.9	39	2.2	28	54	8	0.4	12	60
Dwyer, Lex	1	4	4.0	3	3.0	7	7.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	1	1	1.0	0	6
Fowler, Grant	6	31	5.2	5	0.8	36	6.0	4	0.7	0	0.0	7	5	1	0.2	2	8
George, Max	8	59	7.4	6	0.8	65	8.1	33	4.1	0	0.0	5	14	20	2.5	22	142
Godfrey, Tim	1	3	3.0	1	1.0	4	4.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0.0	1	1
Goonan, Leon	2	12	6.0	7	3.5	19	9.5	2	1.0	0	0.0	4	5	1	0.5	1	7
Harrington, Dan	4	5	1.3	5	1.3	10	2.5	6	1.5	0	0.0	0	3	0	0.0	0	0
Irwin, Warwick	8	97	12.1	23	2.9	120	15.0	11	1.4	0	0.0	23	10	10	1.3	1	61
Linton, Wayne	21	270	12.9	117	5.6	387	18.4	53	2.5	0	0.0	58	34	7	0.3	8	50
McMahon, David	19	252	13.3	113	5.9	365	19.2	77	4.1	2	0.1	57	38	2	0.1	2	14
Merrigan, Harvey	18	157	8.7	45	2.5	202	11.2	62	3.4	2	0.1	34	23	0	0.0	2	2
Miller, Ian	22	362	16.5	102	4.6	464	21.1	95	4.3	9	0.4	60	48	13	0.6	11	89
Murphy, John	19	319	16.8	60	3.2	379	19.9	59	3.1	6	0.3	62	49	35	1.8	33	243
O'Keeffe, Kevin	22	294	13.4	94	4.3	388	17.6	100	4.5	1	0.0	41	38	11	0.5	7	73
Padley, Barry	20	203	10.2	66	3.3	269	13.5	34	1.7	0	0.0	51	39	0	0.0	3	3
Robertson, Glenn	22	283	12.9	132	6.0	415	18.9	72	3.3	0	0.0	34	48	9	0.4	8	62
Ruscuklic, Peter	2	11	5.5	1	0.5	12	6.0	4	2.0	0	0.0	3	4	3	1.5	3	21
Sault, Ray	4	26	6.5	4	1.0	30	7.5	3	0.8	0	0.0	6	2	0	0.0	0	0
Searl, Doug	12	57	4.8	15	1.3	72	6.0	28	2.3	0	0.0	7	4	5	0.4	3	33
Serafini, Renato	14	117	8.4	32	2.3	149	10.6	48	3.4	9	0.6	8	28	24	1.7	24	168
Shepherd, Bob	14	187	13.4	72	5.1	259	18.5	52	3.7	0	0.0	22	29	12	0.9	21	93
Sinclair, Allan	9	63	7.0	34	3.8	97	10.8	43	4.8	27	3.0	12	18	2	0.2	5	17
Smith, Chris	22	167	7.6	62	2.8	229	10.4	88	4.0	30	1.4	35	34	18	0.8	18	126
Thompson, Alan	11	124	11.3	40	3.6	164	14.9	23	2.1	1	0.1	26	27	0	0.0	6	6
Wall, David	5	33	6.6	6	1.2	39	7.8	16	3.2	0	0.0	7	7	1	0.2	7	13
Whitford, Don	18	181	10.1	37	2.1	218	12.1	40	2.2	1	0.1	29	16	2	0.1	5	17
Wilson, Garry	22	409	18.6	189	8.6	598	27.2	91	4.1	0	0.0	73	37	32	1.5	42	234