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  1. FitzroyPete

    Get well, Bernie

    I've just read that my favourite Fitzroy player, and the favourite of many other Royboys, Bernie Quinlan, has suffered a heart attack and was rushed to Frankston Hospital. All the very best and get well soon, Superboot.
  2. FitzroyPete

    The Fitzroy Lions Roar in '24

    Who said the Fitzroy Lions were dead??? Fitzroy Lions 82.24 (516), Elizabeth Eagles 0.0 (0) Three Lions - Josh Rosenthal (29), James Ellis (17) and Dylan Richardson (13) - shared 59 goals. You've got to feel for the Elizabeth Eagles after such a belting, particularly given that it was a home...
  3. FitzroyPete

    Matt Rendell

    I've just read that Matt Rendell is critically ill after suffering a severe heart attack. I'm sure the Fitzroy family and the football community at large hope that Matt can overcome this severe health threat and return to full health. Keep fighting, Matty and the Rendell family...
  4. FitzroyPete

    Superboot's 70th Birthday

    Happy 70th birthday to Bernie "Superboot" Quinlan, who many supporters (myself included) would rate as the greatest Fitzroy player in their lifetime. It's incredible to think that Bernie's last game was the 1986 preliminary final. Where have the past 35 years gone?
  5. FitzroyPete

    Fitzroy's Fabulous Century: The 100 Greatest Victories, 1897-1996

    I've kept this pretty quiet, but I've just finished writing Fitzroy's Fabulous Century: The 100 Greatest Victories, 1897-1996. The cover page - featuring the great Bernie "Superboot" Quinlan - should be attached to this post. My choice of Fitzroy's Top 100 is subjective given the Roys won 869...
  6. FitzroyPete

    Fitzroy's 1916 Premiership

    Fellow Fitzroy folk, I'm doing some research on our famous club that I'll be ready to provide greater detail about in the next month or so. Our famous 1916 premiership team had a well-know timekeeper named Bob King who was about 55 years of age at the time. There was also a Bob King, aged 22...
  7. FitzroyPete

    Cross-Club Pollination

    Like 1980, though not quite as bad, 1985 was a bit of a letdown in Fitzroy's golden era between 1978 and 1986 (I include 1978 because we won the night premiership). Aside from being thrashed by Essendon by 103 points in Round 2, the lowlight of the year would've been losing twice by narrow...
  8. FitzroyPete

    1955 Under-19s Grand Final

    Just wondering if any Fitzroy person (or footy historian) out there knows the quarter-by-quarter scores of our first Under-19s premiership in 1955. Online editions of the Age, Argus and Footy Record have the score as Fitzroy 7.12 (54) versus South Melbourne 7.4 (46), but none of the trio...
  9. FitzroyPete

    New Fitzroy Book

    https://books.slatterymedia.com/store/viewItem/the-death-of-fitzroy-fc The next (known) Fitzroy book, written by former Inside Football editor Russell Holmesby and to be released in July, should be a very interesting read. I'll be interested to see how it compares with Dyson Hore-Lacy's book...
  10. FitzroyPete

    Debut Winning Streaks

    Leon Harris (debut 1979) and Bernie Harris (debut 1984) both made dream starts to their Fitzroy careers. Not so much in terms of dazzling individual performances but team success. How many successive wins did each brother play in before experiencing their first Lions loss? The brothers' number...
  11. FitzroyPete

    Fitzroy Premierships, 1897-1996

    I don't think you've asked this question, Fat Pizza, but apologies if you have and I've somehow overlooked it. Fitzroy won 15 premierships across all competitions - 8 league day, 2 league night, 3 reserves and 2 under-19s - in its 100-year VFL-AFL history. How many different clubs did the Roys...
  12. FitzroyPete

    Most goals in a Quarter by a Fitzroy Player

    A number of VFL-AFL players have kicked 7 or 8 goals in a quarter, but none have been Fitzroy players. To my knowledge, Richard Osborne is the only Royboy to boot 6 in a term, in the 3rd quarter of the epic Round 18, 1989, victory over Melbourne at Princes Park (Mobbs' favourite game). Does...
  13. FitzroyPete

    Fitzroy 1972-91 Question

    Hoping that this ends up on the Fitzroy forum and not wanting to steel Fat Pizza's "quizzical" role ... What three things do former West Australians Ian McCulloch, Ron Alexander and John Ironmonger have in common in relation to their Fitzroy career?

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