List of Fitzroy Football Club captains

The following is a list of players who captained the Fitzroy Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), formerly the VFL.

Dates	Captain(s)	Notes
1897	Bill Cleary
1898–1900	Alec Sloan	1898 premiership captain 1899 premiership captain
1901–1902	Bill McSpeerin
1903–1905	Gerald Brosnan	1904 premiership captain 1905 premiership captain
1906–1907	Ern Jenkins
1908–1910	Jim Sharp
1911	Harold McLennan
1912	Jack Cooper
1913	Bill Walker	1913 premiership captain
1914–1915	Percy Parratt
1916	Wally Johnson	1916 premiership captain
1917–1918	George Holden
1919	Wally Johnson
1920	Percy Parratt
1921	Percy Parratt Chris Lethbridge
1922	Chris Lethbridge	1922 premiership captain
1923	Gordon Rattray
1924–1925	Jim Atkinson
1926	Bill Adams
1927	Len Wigraft
1928	Gordon Rattray
1929	Charlie Chapman
1930–1931	Colin Niven
1932	Haydn Bunton, Sr. Jack Sexton
1933	Jack Sexton Jack Moriarty
1934	Jack Cashman Fred Davies
1935	Charles J. Cameron
1936–1937	Haydn Bunton, Sr.
1938–1941	Frank Curcio
1942	Maurie Hearn
1943–1947	Fred Hughson	1944 premiership captain
1948	Allan Ruthven
1949	Norm Smith
1950	Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
1951–1954	Allan Ruthven
1955–1957	Bill Stephen
1958–1961	Alan Gale
1962	Owen Abrahams
1963–1964	Kevin Murray
1965	Ralph Rogerson
1966	Ralph Rogerson John Hayes
1967–1972	Kevin Murray
1973–1977	John Murphy
1978	Harvey Merrigan
1979–1980	Ron Alexander
1981–1984	Garry Wilson
1985–1987	Matt Rendell
1988–1990	Paul Roos
1991	Richard Osborne
1992–1994	Paul Roos
1995–1996	Brad Boyd

References

Fitzroy Lions Honour Roll

Fitzroy Football Club

Home grounds

Brunswick Street Oval (1884–1966)
Princes Park (1967–1969, 1987–1993)
Junction Oval (1970–1984)
Victoria Park (1985–1986)
Western Oval (1994–1996)

Premierships

VFA	1895
VFL	1898 1899 1904 1905 1913 1916 1922 1944
Runner-up	1900 1903 1906 1917 1923
VAFA	2018

Seasons

VFA	1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896
VFL/AFL	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
VAFA	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Fitzroy's AFL operations merged with the Brisbane Bears in 1996 to form the Brisbane Lions
Fitzroy merged with the Fitzroy Reds in 2008 and has competed in the VAFA since 2009

v t e Captains of the Fitzroy Football Club
1897: Cleary 1898–1900: Sloan 1901–1902: McSpeerin 1903–1905: Brosnan 1906–1907: Jenkins 1908–1910: Sharp 1911: McLennan 1912: Cooper 1913: Walker 1914–1915: Parratt 1916: Johnson 1917–1918: Holden 1919: Johnson 1920–1921: Parratt 1921–1922: Lethbridge 1923: Rattray 1924–1925: Atkinson 1926: Adams 1927: Wigraft 1928: Rattray 1929: Chapman 1930–1931: Niven 1932: Bunton 1932–1933: Sexton 1933: Moriarty 1934: Cashman 1934: Davies 1935: Cameron 1936–1937: Bunton 1938–1941: Curcio 1942: Hearn 1943–1947: Hughson 1948: Ruthven 1949–1950: Smith 1950–1954: Ruthven 1955–1957: Stephen 1958–1961: Gale 1962: Abrahams 1963–1964: Murray 1965–1966: Rogerson 1966: Hayes 1967–1972: Murray 1973–1977: Murphy 1978: Merrigan 1979–1980: Alexander 1981–1984: Wilson 1985–1987: Rendell 1988–1990: Roos 1991: Osborne 1992–1994: Roos 1995–1996: Boyd

Captains of the Fitzroy Football Club

1897: Cleary
1898–1900: Sloan
1901–1902: McSpeerin
1903–1905: Brosnan
1906–1907: Jenkins
1908–1910: Sharp
1911: McLennan
1912: Cooper
1913: Walker
1914–1915: Parratt
1916: Johnson
1917–1918: Holden
1919: Johnson
1920–1921: Parratt
1921–1922: Lethbridge
1923: Rattray
1924–1925: Atkinson
1926: Adams
1927: Wigraft
1928: Rattray
1929: Chapman
1930–1931: Niven
1932: Bunton
1932–1933: Sexton
1933: Moriarty
1934: Cashman
1934: Davies
1935: Cameron
1936–1937: Bunton
1938–1941: Curcio
1942: Hearn
1943–1947: Hughson
1948: Ruthven
1949–1950: Smith
1950–1954: Ruthven
1955–1957: Stephen
1958–1961: Gale
1962: Abrahams
1963–1964: Murray
1965–1966: Rogerson
1966: Hayes
1967–1972: Murray
1973–1977: Murphy
1978: Merrigan
1979–1980: Alexander
1981–1984: Wilson
1985–1987: Rendell
1988–1990: Roos
1991: Osborne
1992–1994: Roos
1995–1996: Boyd

v t e VFL/AFL and AFL Women's club captains
Adelaide Brisbane Bears Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fitzroy Fremantle Geelong Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney Swans University West Coast Eagles Western Bulldogs

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