Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 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.
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]
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 ...
Francis Eduardo Curcio (25 November 1912 – 11 November 1988) was an Australian rules footballer who played his entire 249 game career for the Fitzroy Lions in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He captained the club for four seasons, from 1938 until 1941.
Thomas Banks (17 June 1867 – 26 November 1919) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in both the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and the Victorian Football League (VFL). He captained the club to its first VFA premiership in 1895, and also captained Victoria in intercolonial matches.
Geoffrey John Moriarty (28 October 1871 – 29 October 1948) [1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the VFA and Victorian Football League (VFL). The father of Fitzroy full-forward Jack Moriarty , Geoff played at the opposite end of the ground, and after a year with Carlton, he crossed to Fitzroy ...
Owen Lindsay Abrahams (25 July 1933 – 31 January 2006) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the VFL.. Abrahams' football career did not start well after he was rejected by Fitzroy's thirds team, but he moved to the amateurs where he played with the Commonwealth Bank team, from which he was selected with the Fitzroy senior team.