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Following the 1996 merger between the Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy Lions, the Fitzroy-Brisbane Lions Historical Society was formed to both preserve the history of both former VFL/AFL clubs and maintain the ongoing history of the merged Brisbane Lions.

Good Morning Lions and Lionesses. Today current Brisbane Lions player Ryan Lester turns 33 years of age. Froggy 🐸 h...
25/08/2025

Good Morning Lions and Lionesses.

Today current Brisbane Lions player Ryan Lester turns 33 years of age.

Froggy 🐸 has played 229 AFL games
(for 48 goals) for our Brisbane Lions FC from the commencement of the 2011 AFL Season in his number 35 jumper.

Ryan became a Brisbane Lions Premiership player in the 2024 AFL Season as our Brisbane Lions defeated the Sydney Swans FC by 60 points in the Grand Final at the MCG.

Have a fantastic 33rd Birthday today Ryan.

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Good Morning Lions and Lionesses. Today former Fitzroy and Brisbane Bears player Bernie Harris turns 63 years of age. ...
24/08/2025

Good Morning Lions and Lionesses.

Today former Fitzroy and Brisbane Bears player Bernie Harris turns 63 years of age.

Bernie played 46 Senior games (for 60 goals) for our Fitzroy FC from the 1984 VFL Season to the conclusion of the 1986 VFL Season in his number 13 jumper.

Bernie was a foundation Brisbane Bear in 1987 playing 56 Senior games for the Bears (for 58 goals) to the 9th Round of the 1990 AFL Season in his number 13 jumper.

Bernie finished his Senior career in the AFL with the St Kilda FC debuting for the Saints in Round 14 of the 1990 AFL Season playing 5 Senior games in his number 47 jumper.

Bernie’s older brother Leon played for our Fitzroy FC from 1979 to 1989, playing 186 Senior games for 101 Goals.

Have a fantastic 63rd Birthday today Bernie.

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Good Morning Lions and Lionesses. Today former Brisbane Bears player Mark Buckley turns 63 years of age. Mark played ...
24/08/2025

Good Morning Lions and Lionesses.

Today former Brisbane Bears player Mark Buckley turns 63 years of age.

Mark played 27 Senior games (for 35 goals) for the Carlton FC from the 1982 VFL Season to Round 8 of the 1985 VFL Season in his number 55 jumper for his first Season, number 10 jumper in his next 2 Seasons and number 28 jumper in his 1 Senior game for the Carlton FC in the 1985 VFL Season.

Mark joined the St Kilda FC and played his first Senior game in Round 15 of the 1985 VFL Season playing 7 Senior games (for 4 goals) to the end of the 1985 VFL Season in his number 28 jumper.

Mark joined our Brisbane Bears for the Bears inaugural VFL Season in 1987, playing 4 Senior games (for 2 goals) in his number 21 jumper.

Mark’s older brother Stephen played Senior Football for the Carlton and North Melbourne Football Clubs in the early 1980’s.

Have a fantastic 63rd Birthday today Mark.

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Good Morning Lions and Lionesses. Today former Brisbane Lions player Josh Green turns 33 years of age. Josh played 8...
23/08/2025

Good Morning Lions and Lionesses.

Today former Brisbane Lions player Josh Green turns 33 years of age.

Josh played 81 Senior games (for 107 goals) for our Brisbane Lions FC from the 2011 to the conclusion of the 2016 AFL Season in his number 6 jumper.

Josh was a member of our 2013 NAB Cup Night Grand Final win (which was the last time a Grand Final was played) by 40 points at the then named Etihad Stadium kicking 3 valuable goals.

Josh was also our Brisbane Lions Leading Goal-kicker in the 2014 and 2015 AFL Seasons.

Josh transferred to the Essendon FC for the 2017 AFL Season adding 24 Senior games to his career (for 25 goals) to the end of the 2018 AFL Season in his number 15 jumper.

Have a fantastic 33rd Birthday today Josh.

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Good morning Lions and Lionesses.Another magical day for our Fitzroy Brisbane Lions Historical Society with the unearthi...
22/08/2025

Good morning Lions and Lionesses.

Another magical day for our Fitzroy Brisbane Lions Historical Society with the unearthing of another Player Photograph for our Pictorial Display at our Museum at Marvel Stadium.

Daniel “Danny” Denis Murphy.

Danny was born on the 22nd of February 1884 which was 149 days after our Fitzroy FC was founded and was recruited to our Maroons from our Fitzroy Juniors FC.

Danny played his only Senior game for our Maroons on the opening Round Saturday the 29th of April 1911 in our 2 point loss to the Melbourne FC at the home of VFL Football the MCG.

Our Fitzroy Football Club had a board split at the end of the 1910 VFL Season, where our President since 1887 Robert W Best MLA (for the City of Fitzroy) was ousted (and his Committee) and replaced by the incoming President Donald Chandler (and his committee), who was a Hardware Merchant and Councillor in Fitzroy.

Donald held the Presidency of our Fitzroy FC until the end of the 1930 VFL Season.

There is a drinking fountain outside the old turnstiles of our Brunswick Street Oval (at the start of the Edinburgh Gardens) that was donated by Donald Chandler.

Danny was one of 7 debutants in his only game with Fitzroy (with Ernie Everett, Jack Furness, Cliff Hutton, Frank Lamont, Tom Moloughney and Eric Watson).

We are still to source a photo of Eric Watson.

Our Danny’s brother Timothy had a son called Daniel Murphy, who was the founder of the famous Dan Murphy Cellars Liquor Stores that still exist to this day.

Danny passed away on the 1st of November 1956 aged 72 only 3 weeks before our city of Melbourne held our first Summer Olympics.

Thank you for representing our Fitzroy FC Danny.

You are “home” now.

Our Fitzroy Brisbane Lions Historical Society have only 19 Player Photographs left to source for our Player Pictorial Boards at our Museum at Marvel Stadium Docklands of the 1,157 Fitzroy Football Club players that played at least 1 Senior game for our club in the VFL / AFL from 1897 to 1996.

Brenden Campbell
National Historian, Archivist and Custodian of Memorabilia
Fitzroy Brisbane Lions Historical Society

Good Morning Lions and Lionesses.Another magical day for our Fitzroy Brisbane Lions Historical Society with the unearthi...
21/08/2025

Good Morning Lions and Lionesses.

Another magical day for our Fitzroy Brisbane Lions Historical Society with the unearthing of another Player Photograph for our Fitzroy Football Club Player Pictorial Display at Marvel Stadium.

Douglas “Doug” Oliver Bennett.

Doug was born on the 3rd of December 1894 and was recruited to our Maroons from the Coburg Juniors FC for the 1917 VFL Season making his Fitzroy FC Senior debut in our 3 point loss to the Collingwood FC at their Victoria Park Oval fortress in Round 8 in his number 14 jumper kicking an impressive 2 goals on debut.

Doug played a further 3 Senior games of the remaining 7 Home and Away Season, which were:

Round 9 in our 49 point loss to the Richmond FC at their Punt Road Oval,

Round 11 in our 15 point loss to the Carlton FC at our Brunswick Street Oval

and

Playing his last Home and Away game for our Fitzroy FC in our 19 point win against the Geelong FC at their Corio Oval, which was one of the 17 times we saluted at this venue (and 1 draw) from 45 attempts, from 1897 to 1915 and 1917 to 1940.

Our Maroons scraped into 4th position on the VFL League Ladder with 6 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses (remarkably by losing more games than we won), defeating the Carlton FC by 9 points in the 1st Semi Final at the MCG.

Our Maroons defeated the Collingwood FC in the “Grand Final” 2 weeks later by 6 points at the MCG but as VFL rules stated at the time that if the Minor Premiers (Collingwood) were defeated in the Grand Final they had a right to “challenge” the result.

Challenge the Collingwood side did, defeating our Maroons the very next week by 35 points, at the MCG.

Doug was not selected in any of our 3 Finals Matches.

Doug passed away on the 3rd of March 1975, at the age of 80.

Thanks also to Connors Roberts for his assistance in identifying Doug.

Welcome to our Fitzroy FC Player Pictorial Display Boards at our Fitzroy Brisbane Lions Historical Society Museum at Marvel Stadium.

You are “home now” Doug.

Only 20 Player Photographs remain to be sourced to complete our project to obtain an image of all of the 1,157 Fitzroy FC players that played at least 1 Senior Game for our Fitzroy FC in the VFL / AFL from 1897 to 1996.

Brenden Campbell
National Historian, Archivist and Custodian of Memorabilia
Fitzroy Brisbane Lions Historical Society

Good Morning Lions and Lionesses. Today former Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions player Tristan Lynch turns 52 years of ...
21/08/2025

Good Morning Lions and Lionesses.

Today former Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions player Tristan Lynch turns 52 years of age.

Tristan played 21 Senior games (for 1 goal) for our Brisbane Bears FC in the 1996 AFL Centenary Season in his number 42 jumper.

Tristan was a foundation Brisbane Lion in 1997 playing 34 Senior games (for 7 goals) to the end of the 1998 AFL Season in his number 42 jumper.

Tristan transferred to the Geelong FC for the 1999 AFL Season playing 17 Senior games (for 7 goals) to the end of the 2000 AFL Season in his number 44 jumper in 1999 and number 42 jumper in 2000.

Have a fantastic 52nd Birthday today Tristan.

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Good Morning Lions and Lionesses. Today former Brisbane Bears player Mark Williams turns 67 years of age. “Choco” pl...
20/08/2025

Good Morning Lions and Lionesses.

Today former Brisbane Bears player Mark Williams turns 67 years of age.

“Choco” played 135 Senior games (for 178 goals) for the Collingwood FC from the 1981 VFL Season to the conclusion of the 1986 VFL Season in his number 21 jumper.

Mark was a foundation Brisbane Bear in 1987, playing 66 Senior games (for 58 goals) to the end of the 1990 AFL Season in his number 2 jumper.

Mark’s younger brother Stephen was also a foundation Brisbane Bear in 1987, playing 4 Senior Games and kicking a goal in his number 36 jumper.

Mark was also Senior Coach of the Port Adelaide Power FC who spoilt our Brisbane Lions chance of a 4 Premiership in a row feat in 2004 defeating us on Grand Final Day by 40 points at the MCG.

Have a fantastic 67th Birthday today Mark.

Brenden Campbell and the Fitzroy Brisbane Lions Historical Society.

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Good Morning Lions and Lionesses. Today former Brisbane Lions player Josh Schache turns 28 years of age. Josh played...
20/08/2025

Good Morning Lions and Lionesses.

Today former Brisbane Lions player Josh Schache turns 28 years of age.

Josh played 27 Senior games (for 25 goals) for our Brisbane Lions FC from the 2016 to 2017 AFL Seasons in his number 23 jumper.

Josh transferred to the Western Bulldogs FC for the 2018 AFL Season playing 45 Senior games (for 53 goals) to the conclusion of the 2022 AFL Season in his number 13 jumper.

Josh’s last AFL adventure was with the Melbourne FC where he played 4 Senior games for 1 goal) in his number in his number 19 jumper for AFL Seasons 2023 and 2024.

Joshua’s father Lawrence played 29 Senior games for our Brisbane Bears FC (for 64 goals) from the 1991 to 1992 AFL Seasons (being our Number 1 pick in the 1990 Mid-Season Draft), topping our Bears Goal-kicking charts in 1991 with 47 goals.

Laurence was also a prolific Goal-kicker for the Essendon FC (being zoned and recruited to the Dons from the Hopetoun FC) in the Under 19’s, leading the Leagues Goal-kicking charts with 74 goals in 1985, kicking a bag of 25 goals in Round 22 of this Season against the Sydney Swans at the SCG

After and before his stint at the Bears, Laurence played in the SANFL with the Sturt, West Torrens and Woodville-West Torrens Football Clubs.

Laurence passed away tragically on the 5th of October 2002 which was 12 days shy of his 35th Birthday.

Have a fantastic 28th Birthday today Josh.

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Good Morning Lions and Lionesses. Today former Brisbane Lions player Shannon Rusca turns 45 years of age. Shannon pla...
19/08/2025

Good Morning Lions and Lionesses.

Today former Brisbane Lions player Shannon Rusca turns 45 years of age.

Shannon played 2 Senior games in the 2000 AFL Season in his number 29 jumper.

Have a fantastic 45th Birthday today Shannon.

Brenden Campbell and the Fitzroy Brisbane Lions Historical Society.

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Good Morning Lions and Lionesses. Today former Brisbane Lions player Cedric Cox turns 28 years of age. Cedric played ...
18/08/2025

Good Morning Lions and Lionesses.

Today former Brisbane Lions player Cedric Cox turns 28 years of age.

Cedric played 13 Senior games (for 3 goals) for our Brisbane Lions FC from the 2017 to 2019 AFL Seasons in his number 20 jumper.

Have a fantastic 28th Birthday today Cedric.

Brenden Campbell and the Fitzroy Brisbane Lions Historical Society.

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Good Morning Lions and Lionesses. Today former Brisbane Bears player Shane Hamilton turns 55 years of age. Shane play...
17/08/2025

Good Morning Lions and Lionesses.

Today former Brisbane Bears player Shane Hamilton turns 55 years of age.

Shane played 27 Senior games (for 40 goals) for the Geelong FC from the 1988 VFL Season to the end of the 1990 AFL Season in his number 25 jumper.

Shane kicked 2 goals for the Geelong FC in possibly the greatest Grand Final of all time as the Cats were defeated by the Hawthorn FC by 6 points in the 1989 Grand Final at the MCG.

Shane transferred to our Brisbane Bears FC for the 1991 AFL Season playing 47 Senior games (for 30 goals) to the end of the 1995 AFL Season in his number 14 jumper.

Have a fantastic 55th Birthday today Shane.

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