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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 .
A rover, McSpeerin debuted with Fitzroy when the club was still in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and was a member of their 1895 premiership side. When the Victorian Football League was formed in 1897, McSpeerin was a key member of the team and appeared in 10 out of 14 games that season, including one match against St Kilda where he reportedly ran the entire length of the oval to ...
William Stephen (1 April 1928 – 23 August 2020) was an Australian rules footballer with Fitzroy Football Club.He also coached Fitzroy and Essendon.Stephen is second all time for most VFL/AFL games coached without a grand final appearance, with Port Adelaide Football Club's coach Ken Hinkley surpassing him in 2024.
The Mitchell Medal was the best and fairest award for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).. Percy Mitchell was a long-serving club administrator and life member and the award was named after him in 1987.
The 1916 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 2 September 1916. It was the 19th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1916 VFL season. The match ...
Fitzroy North, Victoria: Date of death: 20 September 1917 (aged 28) Place of death: Menin Road Ridge, Polygon Wood, Passchendaele salient, Belgium: Original team(s) North Fitzroy Juniors: Debut: Round 1, 1907, Fitzroy vs. Collingwood, at Victoria Park: Height: 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) Weight: 78 kg (172 lb) Playing career 1; Years: Club: Games ...
William Clifford Gordon McCracken, OBE (22 March 1898 – 27 January 1964) was an Australian Commonwealth Note and Stamp Printer and an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s. [1]
Frederick Ernest De La Fontaine (30 January 1878 - 9 December 1957) [2] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Fontaine played in a variety of positions during his career and was a member of a very successful Fitzroy side, winning four grand finals and losing two.