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The Fitzroy Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently competing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). Formed in 1883 to represent the inner- Melbourne municipality of Fitzroy , the club is based at the W. T. Peterson Community Oval in Fitzroy North .
The Fitzroy Reds was an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. The club was formed in 1954 as the University Reds (or simply Uni Reds), competing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). In December 2008, the Reds merged with the Fitzroy Football Club, which is now officially known as "Fitzroy ...
The ground is the home of the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association.It was also Fitzroy's home in the Victorian Football Association from 1884 to 1896, and in the Victorian Football League from 1897 until 1966, with the last game being played there on Saturday 20 August 1966 against St Kilda, a game which the Lions lost by 84 points.
In 1997, after the merger between Fitzroy and the Brisbane Bears to create the Brisbane Lions, Wilson founded the Fitzroy–Brisbane Lions Historical Society with George Coates, creator of Fitzroy's logo. He was the president of the Society from 1997 to 2010, and was the chairman. He helped found a Fitzroy museum at Docklands Stadium. [6]
Recruited from the local team North Fitzroy Juniors, he played his first senior VFL game for the Fitzroy Football Club against Collingwood on 27 April 1907 at Victoria Park. In his first season, he played 11 matches and scored 1 goal.
William John Walker (25 May 1883 – 17 July 1971) [1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). A ruck shepherd, Walker was a best and fairest winner at Fitzroy in 1909. He was a member of premiership sides in 1904, 1905 and 1913, the latter as club captain.
Born in Timor, Victoria in 1866, Hickey moved to Melbourne as a public servant in 1887. He played football as a half-back [4] for the Fitzroy Football Club from 1887 until 1894, earning sufficient acclaim to gain selection for Victoria in intercolonial football in his final playing season, 1893. [5]
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