List of Brisbane Bears captains

Players who have played in, and who were nominated as captain for, at least one match for Brisbane Bears in a VFL/AFL premiership. Click here for details on the elected leaders (e.g. captains-elect).

Captain List

No. Captain Season(s) Guernsey(s) Match(es) (W-D-L) Premiership(s)
1 Mark Mickan 1987-1989 #1 46 12 -0- 34
2 Roger Merrett 1990-1996 #24 125 42 -2- 81

Season List

Season Captain(s) Match(es) Final(s) Round(s)
1987 VFL Season Mark Mickan 22 0 R01-R22
1988 VFL Season Mark Mickan 8 0 R01-R03, R18-R22
1989 VFL Season Mark Mickan 16 0 R01, R05-R15, R17-R18, R20-R21
1990 AFL Season Roger Merrett 17 0 R01-R02, R05-R15, R18-R21
1991 AFL Season Roger Merrett 22 0 R02-R14, R16-R24
1992 AFL Season Roger Merrett 16 0 R01-R03, R05-R07, R14-R18, R20-R24
1993 AFL Season Roger Merrett 18 0 R01-R08, R10-R14, R17-R19, R21-R22
1994 AFL Season Roger Merrett 16 0 R03-R07, R10-R11, R13-R14, R16-R20, R22-R23
1995 AFL Season Roger Merrett 19 1 R01, R03-R06, R08-R10, R13-R22, QF
1996 AFL Season Roger Merrett 17 3 R01-R02, R05, R07, R09-R10, R12, R14-R17, R20-R22, QF, SF, PF

Missing List

This is a list of matches for which the (sole) nominated captain for Brisbane Bears is unknown/undetermined.

Season Round Opponent Date H/A Result
1988 VFL Season Round 4 Melbourne 22/04/1988 AWAY LOSS MEL by 55
Round 5 St Kilda 30/04/1988 AWAY WIN BRB by 9
Round 6 Fitzroy 08/05/1988 HOME WIN BRB by 2
Round 7 Footscray 15/05/1988 HOME WIN BRB by 1
Round 8 Sydney 20/05/1988 AWAY WIN BRB by 28
Round 9 Essendon 27/05/1988 AWAY LOSS ESS by 140
Round 10 Geelong 05/06/1988 HOME LOSS GEE by 53
Round 11 Richmond 12/06/1988 HOME WIN BRB by 48
Round 12 Hawthorn 18/06/1988 AWAY LOSS HAW by 63
Round 13 North Melbourne 25/06/1988 AWAY LOSS NOR by 66
Round 14 St Kilda 03/07/1988 HOME WIN BRB by 10
Round 15 Hawthorn 10/07/1988 HOME LOSS HAW by 24
Round 16 West Coast 15/07/1988 AWAY LOSS WCE by 9
Round 17 Essendon 24/07/1988 HOME LOSS ESS by 29
1989 VFL Season Round 2 Sydney 09/04/1989 HOME WIN BRB by 58
Round 3 Collingwood 15/04/1989 AWAY LOSS COL by 60
Round 4 Melbourne 21/04/1989 AWAY LOSS MEL by 26
Round 16 St Kilda 22/07/1989 HOME WIN BRB by 4
Round 19 Essendon 12/08/1989 AWAY LOSS ESS by 54
Round 22 Carlton 03/09/1989 HOME WIN BRB by 35
1990 AFL Season Round 3 North Melbourne 15/04/1990 HOME LOSS NOR by 18
Round 4 Hawthorn 21/04/1990 AWAY LOSS HAW by 82
Round 16 North Melbourne 22/07/1990 AWAY LOSS NOR by 36
Round 17 Hawthorn 29/07/1990 HOME LOSS HAW by 15
Round 22 Footscray 01/09/1990 AWAY LOSS FOO by 21
1992 AFL Season Round 8 Sydney 08/05/1992 AWAY LOSS SYD by 74
Round 9 Footscray 17/05/1992 HOME LOSS FOO by 42
Round 10 St Kilda 23/05/1992 AWAY LOSS STK by 108
Round 11 Richmond 30/05/1992 AWAY LOSS RIC by 59
Round 12 Melbourne 07/06/1992 HOME WIN BRB by 26
Round 13 Essendon 14/06/1992 HOME LOSS ESS by 34
1993 AFL Season Round 15 Carlton 10/07/1993 AWAY LOSS CAR by 34
Round 16 North Melbourne 18/07/1993 HOME LOSS NOR by 42
1994 AFL Season Round 1 Sydney 27/03/1994 HOME WIN BRB by 10
Round 2 Richmond 03/04/1994 AWAY LOSS RIC by 62
Round 8 Hawthorn 14/05/1994 AWAY LOSS HAW by 99
Round 12 West Coast 12/06/1994 AWAY LOSS WCE by 9
Round 15 Carlton 02/07/1994 AWAY LOSS CAR by 98
Round 21 Adelaide 14/08/1994 AWAY LOSS ADE by 3
1995 AFL Season Round 2 Adelaide 09/04/1995 HOME WIN BRB by 27
Round 7 Melbourne 14/05/1995 AWAY LOSS MEL by 7
Round 11 Fitzroy 11/06/1995 HOME WIN BRB by 58
Round 12 North Melbourne 25/06/1995 HOME LOSS NOR by 44
1996 AFL Season Round 3 Richmond 13/04/1996 HOME LOSS RIC by 18
Round 4 North Melbourne 19/04/1996 HOME WIN BRB by 30
Round 6 Fremantle 05/05/1996 AWAY WIN BRB by 25
Round 8 Collingwood 17/05/1996 HOME WIN BRB by 10
Round 11 Carlton 15/06/1996 HOME LOSS CAR by 24
Round 13 St Kilda 29/06/1996 AWAY LOSS STK by 46
Round 18 Richmond 04/08/1996 AWAY WIN BRB by 17
Round 19 North Melbourne 11/08/1996 AWAY WIN BRB by 18