The Brisbane Lions are a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that compete in the Australian Football League, the sport's elite competition. Brisbane are the two-
Fitzroy's 1898 premiership-winning side
Haydn Bunton Sr. won three Brownlow Medals and two club best and fairest medals in his time at Fitzroy.
Carrara Stadium was the original home ground of the Brisbane Bears.
Michael Voss captained Brisbane to three successive premierships.
The Australian Football League is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway co
Brisbane Lions
…The Brisbane Lions are a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that compete in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. Brisbane are the two-time reigning AFL premiers, having won the 2024 Grand Final by 60 points and the 2025 Grand…
The final standing of the 1896 VFA ladder. Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, South Melbourne, Carlton and St Kilda would form the VFL the following year.
Essendon won the inaugural VFL premiership by finishing on top of the 1897 round robin finals ladder. A new finals system was implemented during the 1898 VFL season in order that a final match, or "grand final", should determine the premiers.
In 1924, Footscray, the premiers of the VFA, defeated Essendon, the VFL premiers, in the Championship of Victoria. The result played a large part in Footscray, Hawthorn and North Melbourne gaining entry into the VFL the following year.
Luke Hodge, the first pick in the 2001 AFL draft. Hodge has played the most VFL/AFL games of any number-one draft pick (346 games played), is the only number-one draft pick to win a Norm Smith Medal, is one of just five number-one draft picks to have won a premiership, and has won the most premierships of any number-one draft pick (4)