Brisbane Bears

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VFL/AFL club defunct Australian rules football club

Brisbane Bears were an Australian rules football club based in Queensland that competed in the Victorian/Australian Football League from 1987 until their 1996 merger to form the Brisbane Lions.

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf VFL/AFL club ⓘ
defunct Australian rules football club ⓘ
basedIn Brisbane ⓘ
competitionDebutSeason 1987 VFL season ⓘ
competitionLevel top-level national league ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
dissolved 1996 ⓘ
finalSeason 1996 AFL season ⓘ
formedBy AFL expansion into Queensland ⓘ
gender men's team ⓘ
governingBody AFL ⓘ
surface form: Australian Football League
homeCity Brisbane ⓘ
homeGround Carrara Stadium ⓘ
The Gabba ⓘ
inception 1987 ⓘ
jerseyPrimaryColor maroon ⓘ
jerseySecondaryColor gold ⓘ
laterLeagueName AFL ⓘ
surface form: Australian Football League
league AFL ⓘ
surface form: Australian Football League

Victorian Football League ⓘ
location Queensland ⓘ
mergerOutcome creation of Brisbane Lions Football Club ⓘ
mergerWith Fitzroy Football Club ⓘ
mergerYear 1996 ⓘ
notableCoach Peter Knights ⓘ
Robert Walls ⓘ
notablePlayer Marcus Ashcroft ⓘ
Martin Leslie ⓘ
Michael Voss ⓘ
Roger Merrett ⓘ
originalLeagueName Victorian Football League ⓘ
playedHomeGamesAt Carrara, Queensland ⓘ
surface form: Carrara, Gold Coast

Woolloongabba, Brisbane ⓘ
playedInCompetition AFL ⓘ
Victorian Football League ⓘ
surface form: VFL
region South East Queensland ⓘ
shortName Bears ⓘ
sport Australian rules football ⓘ
state Queensland ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor Brisbane Lions ⓘ
teamColors gold ⓘ
maroon ⓘ
white ⓘ
teamType professional sports team ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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