The Brisbane Lions is a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Shane Barry Crawford is a former Australian rules footballer and current Ardmona Cats senior coach who played 305 senior games for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and won the league's highest individual honour, the Brownlow Medal. He is currently an Australian television personality who appears regularly on Nine Network shows Getaway, Postcards and Kids' WB.
Luke Hodge is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for the Hawthorn Football Club from 2002 to 2017, captaining the club from 2011 to 2016. In 2018, Hodge moved to the Brisbane Lions, before retiring in 2019. Hodge started his career playing on the half-back flank but as his career progressed he has been known to push up into the midfield. He is a four-time premiership player, three-time premiership captain and a two-time Norm Smith Medallist. Hodge is widely regarded as one of the most respected players, in particular as a captain, to have ever participated in the sport.
Bradley David Walter Scott is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn and the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was the coach of the North Melbourne Football Club from 2010 until 2019.
Jayden Attard is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions and the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 2005 to 2008.
Ben Hudson is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club, Western Bulldogs, Brisbane Lions and Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has served as the defensive skills, ruck and forwards coach at the Brisbane Lions since September 2014. He was also the ruck coach for Collingwood after being selected as a mature age rookie player in the 2012 rookie draft.
Jarryd Roughead is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Roughead is currently serving as an assistant coach with the St Kilda Football Club.
Kyle Cheney is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for the Melbourne, Hawthorn and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Cheney was recruited from the North Ballarat Rebels by Melbourne with pick 53 in the 2007 National Draft after finishing second in Rebels' best and fairest count that year. He was traded to Hawthorn after the 2010 season, and then to Adelaide at the end of 2014.
Dayne Beams is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He also previously played for, and captained, the Brisbane Lions during the 2017 season, however he stepped down as captain during the 2018 season due to personal issues. He retired in October 2020 due to personal issues.
Jonathon Ceglar is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Jackson Paine is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Collingwood Football Club with pick 50 in the 2011 national draft. Paine made his debut in round 1, 2012 against Hawthorn. He was traded in a straight swap for Patrick Karnezis in the 2013 trade period. He was delisted by Brisbane in October 2015, however, he was re-drafted in the 2016 rookie draft. He was delisted again by Brisbane at the end of the 2016 season.
Billy Longer is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions and St Kilda in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Jarryd Lyons is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Adelaide Football Club from 2011 to 2016 and the Gold Coast Suns from 2017 to 2018.
James Aish is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Brisbane Lions from 2014 to 2015, and Collingwood from 2016 to 2019.
Nakia Cockatoo is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Keegan Brooksby is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League and was their best and fairest in 2014 before being selected in the 2015 rookie draft by Gold Coast. He was delisted at the end of 2016, re-drafted in the 2017 rookie draft and subsequently delisted again at the end of 2017. Brooksby is currently in a relationship with Abbey Holmes, former Adelaide AFLW player and current Channel Seven boundary rider.
Rhys Mathieson is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). At 1.87 metres tall and weighing 84 kilograms (185 lb), he plays as a Midfielder and is known for his ability to win contested ball.
Eric Hipwood is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Matthew Hammelmann is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Brisbane Lions with their fourth selection and seventy-fifth overall in the 2015 AFL rookie draft. He debuted in the forty-two point loss against Richmond in round 14, 2016. In October 2017, he was delisted by Brisbane.
Jordan Membrey is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Collingwood. She has also played for Brisbane in the AFL Women's.
