Fitzroy

Team Details

Name: Fitzroy
Club: Fitzroy Football Club
Moniker: Lions
Founding Year: 1883
Season(s): 1897-1996
Former Name(s):
Home Ground(s): Brunswick Street Oval (1897-1966), Princes Park (1967-1969, 1987-1993), Junction Oval (1970-1984), Victoria Park (1985-1986), Whitten Oval (1994-1996)

Team Accolades

Premiership(s): 1898-1899, 1904-1905, 1913, 1916, 1922, 1944
Runner-Up(s): 1900, 1903, 1906, 1917, 1923
Minor Premiership(s): 1899-1900, 1904, 1913
Brownlow Medallist(s): Haydn Bunton (1931-1932, 1935), Wilfred Smallhorn (1933), Denis Ryan (1936), Allan Ruthven (1950), Kevin Murray (1969), Bernie Quinlan (1981)
Leading Goalkicker / Coleman Medallist(s): Jim Freake (1915), Jack Moriarty (1924), Bernie Quinlan (1983-1984)
Leigh Matthews Trophy Winner(s): Paul Roos (1986)

Team History

Season Ladder Finals Performance Brownlow Leader(s)
1897 VFL Season 6th Did not qualify for finals
1898 VFL Season 3rd Premiers
1899 VFL Season 1st Premiers
1900 VFL Season 1st Runners-Up
1901 VFL Season 4th Knocked out by Essendon (Semi Final)
1902 VFL Season 3rd Knocked out by Essendon (Preliminary Final)
1903 VFL Season 2nd Runners-Up
1904 VFL Season 1st Premiers
1905 VFL Season 2nd Premiers
1906 VFL Season 2nd Runners-Up
1907 VFL Season 5th Did not qualify for finals
1908 VFL Season 7th Did not qualify for finals
1909 VFL Season 6th Did not qualify for finals
1910 VFL Season 8th Did not qualify for finals
1911 VFL Season 5th Did not qualify for finals
1912 VFL Season 5th Did not qualify for finals
1913 VFL Season 1st Premiers
1914 VFL Season 3rd Knocked out by Carlton (Semi Final)
1915 VFL Season 3rd Knocked out by Carlton (Preliminary Final)
1916 VFL Season 4th Premiers
1917 VFL Season 4th Runners-Up
1918 VFL Season 5th Did not qualify for finals
1919 VFL Season 5th Did not qualify for finals
1920 VFL Season 2nd Knocked out by Collingwood (Semi Final)
1921 VFL Season 5th Did not qualify for finals
1922 VFL Season 3rd Premiers
1923 VFL Season 2nd Runners-Up
1924 VFL Season 3rd Qualified for finals Jack Moriarty (3)
1925 VFL Season 5th Did not qualify for finals Len Wigraft (3)
1926 VFL Season 8th Did not qualify for finals Bill Adams (4)
1927 VFL Season 9th Did not qualify for finals Lou Bols, Gordon Hellwig, Roy Milne, Willis Reeve, Len Wigraft (1)
1928 VFL Season 8th Did not qualify for finals Charles Chapman (4)
1929 VFL Season 11th Did not qualify for finals Arthur Batchelor (4)
1930 VFL Season 9th Did not qualify for finals Charles Chapman (3)
1931 VFL Season 10th Did not qualify for finals Haydn Bunton (26)
1932 VFL Season 10th Did not qualify for finals Haydn Bunton (23)
1933 VFL Season 5th Did not qualify for finals Wilfred Smallhorn (18)
1934 VFL Season 8th Did not qualify for finals Haydn Bunton (18)
1935 VFL Season 7th Did not qualify for finals Haydn Bunton (25)
1936 VFL Season 12th Did not qualify for finals Denis Ryan (26)
1937 VFL Season 7th Did not qualify for finals Denis Ryan (12)
1938 VFL Season 10th Did not qualify for finals Wilfred Smallhorn (15)
1939 VFL Season 8th Did not qualify for finals Wilfred Smallhorn (16)
1940 VFL Season 7th Did not qualify for finals Fred Hughson, Len Smith (9)
1941 VFL Season 7th Did not qualify for finals Fred Hughson (17)
1942 VFL Season 6th Did not qualify for finals
1943 VFL Season 3rd Knocked out by Richmond (Preliminary Final)
1944 VFL Season 2nd Premiers
1945 VFL Season 6th Did not qualify for finals
1946 VFL Season 8th Did not qualify for finals Allan Ruthven (16)
1947 VFL Season 3rd Knocked out by Essendon (Preliminary Final) Fred Hughson (16)
1948 VFL Season 7th Did not qualify for finals Allan Ruthven (13)
1949 VFL Season 7th Did not qualify for finals Allan Ruthven (11)
1950 VFL Season 5th Did not qualify for finals Allan Ruthven (21)
1951 VFL Season 5th Did not qualify for finals Allan Ruthven (11)
1952 VFL Season 3rd Knocked out by Collingwood (Preliminary Final) Allan Ruthven (9)
1953 VFL Season 6th Did not qualify for finals Jack Gaffney (9)
1954 VFL Season 11th Did not qualify for finals Don Furness, Bill Stephen (8)
1955 VFL Season 9th Did not qualify for finals Don Furness (8)
1956 VFL Season 8th Did not qualify for finals Bill Stephen (11)
1957 VFL Season 11th Did not qualify for finals Kevin Murray (12)
1958 VFL Season 3rd Knocked out by North Melbourne (Semi Final) Owen Abrahams (13)
1959 VFL Season 5th Did not qualify for finals Owen Abrahams, Ian Aston (8)
1960 VFL Season 2nd Knocked out by Collingwood (Preliminary Final) Kevin Murray (19)
1961 VFL Season 5th Did not qualify for finals Kevin Murray (11)
1962 VFL Season 10th Did not qualify for finals Kevin Murray (19)
1963 VFL Season 12th Did not qualify for finals Kevin Murray (14)
1964 VFL Season 12th Did not qualify for finals Kevin Murray (13)
1965 VFL Season 11th Did not qualify for finals John Newnham (8)
1966 VFL Season 12th Did not qualify for finals Norm Brown (9)
1967 VFL Season 11th Did not qualify for finals John Murphy (8)
1968 VFL Season 11th Did not qualify for finals Kevin Murray (18)
1969 VFL Season 10th Did not qualify for finals Kevin Murray (19)
1970 VFL Season 9th Did not qualify for finals Noel Zunneberg (12)
1971 VFL Season 6th Did not qualify for finals Alex Ruscuklic (16)
1972 VFL Season 9th Did not qualify for finals John Murphy (15)
1973 VFL Season 8th Did not qualify for finals Garry Wilson (14)
1974 VFL Season 11th Did not qualify for finals Harvey Merrigan (11)
1975 VFL Season 9th Did not qualify for finals Warwick Irwin (10)
1976 VFL Season 11th Did not qualify for finals Ron Alexander (26)
1977 VFL Season 10th Did not qualify for finals Garry Wilson (21)
1978 VFL Season 9th Did not qualify for finals Garry Wilson (20)
1979 VFL Season 4th Knocked out by Collingwood (Semi Final) Garry Wilson (21)
1980 VFL Season 12th Did not qualify for finals Chris Smith (16)
1981 VFL Season 5th Knocked out by Collingwood (Semi Final) Bernie Quinlan (22)
1982 VFL Season 6th Did not qualify for finals Garry Wilson (14)
1983 VFL Season 3rd Knocked out by Essendon (Semi Final) Laurie Serafini (9)
1984 VFL Season 5th Knocked out by Collingwood (Elimination Final) Richard Osborne (10)
1985 VFL Season 9th Did not qualify for finals Paul Roos (16)
1986 VFL Season 4th Knocked out by Hawthorn (Preliminary Final) Paul Roos (16)
1987 VFL Season 11th Did not qualify for finals Gary Keane, Paul Roos (10)
1988 VFL Season 12th Did not qualify for finals Darren Kappler (14)
1989 VFL Season 6th Did not qualify for finals Matt Armstrong, Richard Osborne (9)
1990 AFL Season 12th Did not qualify for finals Ross Lyon, Brett Stephens (8)
1991 AFL Season 14th Did not qualify for finals Paul Roos (11)
1992 AFL Season 10th Did not qualify for finals Paul Roos (10)
1993 AFL Season 11th Did not qualify for finals Matt Armstrong (11)
1994 AFL Season 14th Did not qualify for finals Matt Armstrong (7)
1995 AFL Season 16th Did not qualify for finals Simon Atkins, Doug Hawkins (6)
1996 AFL Season 16th Did not qualify for finals Martin Pike (6)