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The Fitzroy Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently competing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). Formed in 1883 to represent the inner-Melbourne municipality of Fitzroy, the club was a member of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), before becoming a foundation member of the breakaway Victorian Football League (VFL/AFL) in 1897.
The 1899 Victorian Football League season was the third season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
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 1905 Victorian Football League season was the ninth season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1908 Victorian Football League season was the 12th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Bernie Quinlan is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Footscray and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1970s and 1980s.
Brett Alexander "Moose" Stephens is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian and Australian Football Leagues and currently a performance coach for world class athletes, working with pro tennis players, golfers and surfers.
Gary Pert is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Fitzroy and Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL). Tall, well-built and strong in the air, Pert played over 200 league games, despite suffering two serious knee injuries in the prime years of his career. Early in one season, Pert suffered a bizarre injury when he went to his girlfriend's house for dinner and got a biscuit stuck in his oesophagus. The blockage remained overnight and so the following day he underwent an oesophagoscopy under general anaesthetic. He recovered in time for the Round 5 game against Richmond. He returned in 1989, winning Fitzroy's best and fairest.
The 1916 Victorian Football League season was the 20th season of Victoria's main Australian rules football competition.
Jack Moriarty was an Australian rules footballer and champion goal-kicker in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The 1966 Victorian Football League season was the 70th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Michael John Grace was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club, Carlton Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Patrick Joseph Hickey was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the early days of the Victorian Football League (VFL).
William Joseph McSpeerin was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The 1917 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 22 September 1917. It was the 20th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1917 VFL season. The match, attended by 28,512 spectators, was won by Collingwood by a margin of 35 points, marking that club's fourth premiership victory.
David Noble is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Australian Football League (AFL) and is currently the head coach of the North Melbourne Football Club.
David Johnston is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Fitzroy in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).
Kevin Mitchell is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Wally Mitchell was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
References
- 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 .
