On the Lions forum I just posted some info on Lions/Bears/Fitzroy captains that have finished their careers at other clubs.
In terms of Fitzroy's 100 seasons in the VLF / AFL this is what I found.
- the list of Fitzroy captains can be found via Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fitzroy_Football_Club_captains
Fitzroy - had 43 captains / co-captains from 1897 to 1996 in terms of our 100 seasons in the VFL/AFL. 8 of those captains played out their careers at other VFL/AFL clubs.
Kevin Murray was the Roys captain between 1963-64 before becoming captain-coach at East Perth in 1965-66, then coming back to captain Fitzroy from 1967-74 (the last stint included winning his Brownlow in 1969). Again not exactly sure why he left Fitzroy for a period, but it was probably similar to Bunton - Fitzroy were in the worst position in the Club's history at the time.
The other two were Ron Alexander - captain 1979-80, who went home to East Fremantle in 1982; and Jack Sexton who was captain in 1932-33 and went home to play for Norwood in 1935.
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In terms of Fitzroy's 100 seasons in the VLF / AFL this is what I found.
- the list of Fitzroy captains can be found via Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fitzroy_Football_Club_captains
Fitzroy - had 43 captains / co-captains from 1897 to 1996 in terms of our 100 seasons in the VFL/AFL. 8 of those captains played out their careers at other VFL/AFL clubs.
- Jim Sharp - captain 1908-1910, went to Collingwood in 1911
- Billy Adams - captain in 1926, went to Melbourne in 1931
- Colin Niven - captain in 1930-31, went to Melbourne in 1933
- Jack Cashman - was apparently captain coach for all of 2 games in 1934 before resigning as he thought the Club's committee were against him, he then got a clearance to play for Carlton
- John Murphy - captain 1973-1977 - apparently the Club didn't take kindly to him commenting publicly about players we needed to offload (although there was probably more to it than that - Fitzroy was of course getting towards the end of our longest run without a finals appearance, and Murphy was pretty much vindicated a couple of years later when the Club went out and got some better players from other teams). Because of the dispute he was forced to go to South Melbourne in 1978.
- Matt Rendall - captain 1985-87, retired at the end of 1991 but was convinced to play one more year by the Brisbane Bears in 1992.
- Richard Osborne - captain in 1991 - I thinked he got annoyed when the captaincy was taken off him and given back to Roos after just one year. He decided to go to Sydney in 1993.
- Paul Roos - captain 1988-90 and 1992-94 - jumped ship to Sydney at the end of 1994 when the writing of Fitzroy's demise was well and truly on the wall. I still remember as a teenager the day Roosy quit was devastating - I tore the number 1 of the back of my jumper and cut it into pieces. It was clearest signal that Fitzroy was dying. I remember calling him 'Traitor' when Sydney played the Roys in Melbourne in 1995. But after a few years I had forgiven him - he was Fitzroy's last Messiah, but even he couldn't save us - no doubt what he did was clearly in the best interest of himself and his family. Fitzroy - for the players at least - was a shocking environment to be around at the end.
Kevin Murray was the Roys captain between 1963-64 before becoming captain-coach at East Perth in 1965-66, then coming back to captain Fitzroy from 1967-74 (the last stint included winning his Brownlow in 1969). Again not exactly sure why he left Fitzroy for a period, but it was probably similar to Bunton - Fitzroy were in the worst position in the Club's history at the time.
The other two were Ron Alexander - captain 1979-80, who went home to East Fremantle in 1982; and Jack Sexton who was captain in 1932-33 and went home to play for Norwood in 1935.
Read more at http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threa...part-ways.1108374/page-12#sLUks7RCbRZ1EX9Y.99
