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.

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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 ⓘ

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Brisbane Lions → foundedByMergerOf → Fitzroy Football Club ⓘ
Lions → foundedByMergerOf → Fitzroy Football Club ⓘ
Brisbane Bears → mergerWith → Fitzroy Football Club ⓘ
Brisbane Lions → retainsHeritageOf → Fitzroy Football Club ⓘ