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The Fitzroy Football Club, nicknamed the Lions or the Roys, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner-Melbourne municipality of Fitzroy and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897. Despite being the first club to win a VFL Grand Final, they were not the first team to win a VFL/AFL premiership: that honour belongs to the Essendon Football Club, who were crowned premiers in 1897 without a Grand Final being required.
The 1903 Victorian Football League season was the seventh season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1904 Victorian Football League season was the eighth season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1990 Australian Football League season was the 94th season of the elite Australian rules football competition, and the first under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989.
John Murphy is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League.
The 1979 Victorian Football League season was the 83rd season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Leo Murphy was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1930s. He was the father of Fitzroy great John Murphy, and grandfather of Carlton's Marc Murphy; the trio is the only father-son-grandson combination in VFL/AFL history to have each played 100 games.
The 1898 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held in Melbourne on 24 September 1898. The match was played to determine the premiers for the 1898 VFL season. Fitzroy won the match by 15 points. The game was played under atrocious ground conditions, in front of 16,538 people, at the Junction Oval.
Patrick Joseph Hickey was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the early days of the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Joe Murphy was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Darren Collins is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood, Footscray and Fitzroy in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).
Robert Cummings is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1990. He was recruited from the Central District Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) to Hawthorn, but did not play a senior game for the Hawks. In 1990 he was selected by Fitzroy with the 15th selection in the 1990 Preseason Draft.
Darren Bolden is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1986. He was recruited from the South Warrnambool Football Club in the Hampden Football League.
Darren Handley is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Darren Louttit is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Darren McAsey, also known as Harry McAsey, is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).
Danny Murphy was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Eric Leslie Watson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
John Robert Furness was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ernie Everett was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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- ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2011). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (9th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-12-7 .
