Fitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club, nicknamed the Lions, is an Australian rules football based in Fitzroy, a suburb of Melbourne. It competes in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). Until 1997 (when they merged with the Brisbane Bears to become the Brisbane Lions), the club competed in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).
Club song
We are the boys from old Fitzroy,
we wear the colours maroon and blue,
we will always fight for victory,
and we'll always see it through,
win or lose, we do or die,
in defeat, we always try,
Fitzroy, Fitzroy,
the club we hold so dear,
premiers, we'll be this year!
Fitzroy Football Club Media
In 1895 Tom Banks captained Fitzroy to its first and only VFA premiership. He was also one of the first footballers of African descent to play in the VFL.
1901 portrait of Geoff Moriarty, who played in two VFL premierships for Fitzroy before going on to become the club's first official coach in 1911. His son Jack also played for Fitzroy.
Fitzroy's 1898 VFL premiership-winning side
