Fitzroy Football Club

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Australian rules football club defunct sports club

Fitzroy Football Club was a historic Australian rules football club from Melbourne that was a founding member of the Victorian Football League and later merged to help form the Brisbane Lions.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian rules football club → defunct sports club →
administrationBaseAfterMerger	Melbourne →
BrownlowMedallistFromClub	Allan Ruthven → Haydn Bunton Sr. → Kevin Murray → Wilfred Smallhorn →
category	VFL/AFL clubs →
ceasedTopLevelCompetition	1996 →
clubColors	blue → gold → maroon →
country	Australia →
foundedIn	1883 →
foundingMemberOf	Victorian Football League →
guernseyColors	blue → gold → maroon →
heritageContinuedBy	Brisbane Lions →
homeGround	Brunswick Street Oval →
leagueParticipation	Victorian Football Association → Victorian Football League →
locatedIn	Melbourne → Victoria →
mergedInto	Brisbane Lions →
mergerPartner	Brisbane Bears →
mergerYear	1996 →
nickname	Gorillas → Lions → Maroons →
notablePlayer	Allan Ruthven → Haydn Bunton Sr. → Kevin Murray →
sport	Australian rules football →
status	defunct in AFL/VFL →
teamSong	We Are the Boys from Old Fitzroy →
traditionalRival	Carlton Football Club → Collingwood Football Club → Essendon Football Club → Melbourne Football Club →
VFLPremierships	8 →
VFLPremiershipYear	1898 → 1899 → 1904 → 1905 → 1913 → 1916 → 1922 → 1944 →
VFLWoodenSpoons	9 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Brisbane Lions → Lions →	foundedByMergerOf
Brisbane Bears →	mergerWith
Brisbane Lions →	retainsHeritageOf