Fitzroy-Brisbane Lions Historical Society

13/06/2026

Good Evening Lions and Lionesses.

I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Cameron Banks, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at our Museum Open Day on Sunday, the 31st of May, for lending us his Garry Wilson #29 Fitzroy FC Duffel Coat.

Cameron’s Duffel Coat will be showcased in our Museum Clothing Cabinet in the coming weeks.

Thank you again, Cameron.

Your Duffel Coat is truly exceptional and will be a fantastic addition to our Museum.

Brenden

10/06/2026

Good Afternoon Lions and Lionesses.

Last Saturday I had the pleasure of meeting Patricia Strickland (nee Norman) and her family.

Pat’s late father Jack Norman played 1 VFL Senior Game for our Fitzroy FC on Saturday the 7th of May 1938 in our 33 point loss to the Melbourne FC in Round 3 at our Brunswick Street Oval.

Jack’s younger brother Ingwald “Ingy” also played 1 Senior Game for our Fitzroy FC in 1938.

Both Norman’s were born in Wales.

As luck would have it, a photographer was on hand to take a photo of our Fitzroy FC Team on that day.

Jack’s only Senior Game day.

Pat donated this team photo to our Museum and it will hang on the wall in the coming weeks.

We did not have a copy of this photo, so thank you so much to Pat (and your daughter Cheryl and her husband Lou) for donating this photo to our Museum.

The Fitzroy spirit will never die and will never cease to amaze one and all.

Brenden

31/05/2026

Good Morning Lions and Lionesses.

A great story in today’s Herald Sun concerning our quest for our last 4 Fitzroy FC Player Photographs for our Pictorial Boards at our Museum at Marvel Stadium.

3 Henry’s and an Arch (John).

Fingers crossed we can get some leads to finish our project.

Brenden

28/05/2026

26/05/2026

Vale Neale Daniher.

RIP ❤️🖤 💙❤️

26/05/2026

At the Museum Open Day at Marvel Stadium this Sunday 31 May (from 11am-1:30pm), take the lifts inside Gate # 4 to Level D, guests will have an exclusive opportunity to purchase a range of unique memorabilia and discounted merchandise items including replica Brisbane Lions Hall of Fame Medals (pictured).

A Brisbane Lions team-signed leather Sherrin football will also be up for grabs in the silent auction.

25/05/2026

23/05/2026

Good Afternoon Lions and Lionesses.

It’s been a fantastic 2,516 days since our
5 Pictorial Boards were erected at our Museum at Marvel Stadium on the 3rd of July 2019.

At this stage we had 222 missing Fitzroy FC Player Photographs of the 1,157 players that played at least 1 Senior Game for our Fitzroy FC in the VFL / AFL from 1897 to 1996.

Now we are down to 4 Player Photographs to obtain.

The last 4 have been very challenging to locate.

If there are any super sleuth’s out there, please feel free to do some research to help us to locate our 3 Henry’s and John “Arch”

Brenden Campbell and the Fitzroy Brisbane Lions Historical Society

22/05/2026

Good afternoon Lions and Lionesses.

A quick Friday Afternoon Quiz.

Who am I ?

A former Fitzroy player from the 1970’s.

Brenden

19/05/2026

Good Morning Lions and Lionesses.

We are pleased to announce that the Ledwidge family have been located and have provided us with a photo of ex Fitzroy Footballer Tom Ledwidge for our Player Pictorial Display Boards at our Museum at Marvel Stadium.

Up until now, our Historical Society had only a caricature of Tom.

Please find a story I wrote for Tom’s historical 112th birthday on our page on the 18th of June 2023:

Tom was recruited to our Fitzroy FC from the Yarrawonga FC for the 1936 VFL Season, making his Maroons debut in our 48 point loss to the Melbourne FC (who were finalists at Season’s end) in Round 2 at the MCG.

Tom played the very next week in Round 3 in our massive 80 point loss at our Brunswick Street Oval against the Premiers at Seasons end Collingwood.

Tom next played in our Senior side 15 weeks later in the 1936 VFL Season in Round 18, which was the final Home and Away game for the Season, kicking 2 goals at our Brunswick Street Oval in our narrow 1 point loss to the South Melbourne FC, who were the Runner-up side at Seasons end.

Our Fitzroy FC had a dismal 1936 Season winning our first Wooden Spoon, finishing last of the VFL League Ladder with only 2 wins and 16 losses.

Our dismal Season had a bright note
as our Denis “Dinny” Ryan won the Charles Brownlow Medal in his 2nd Season with our Fitzroy FC after being moved from attack to defence in 1936.

“Dinny” became our 5th Charles Brownlow Medallist in the 1930’s.

Tom was injured for the 1937 VFL Season.

Tom played 3 Senior games for our Fitzroy FC of a possible 18 in the 1938 VFL Season in his number 19 jumper for 3 losses and kicked a goal in our Round 1 loss to the Collingwood FC (who were the Runner-up side at Seasons end) by 18 points at our Brunswick Street Oval

Tom played his final Senior game for our Fitzroy FC in our 51 point loss to the eventual Premiers Carlton FC at their Princes Park Oval the very next week in Round 4, as our Fitzroy FC finished in 10 position on the VFL League Ladder, with 5 wins and 13 losses.

VFL Season 1938 saw the recruitment
to our Fitzroy FC of the Preston VFA star Fred Hughson, who kicked 62 goals from his 15 Home and Away games.

Fred soon moved to the Full-back position and it was in this position he was named in our Team of Our Century in 2001.

Fred was also our Captain Coach in our last Premiership in our own entity in the VFL in 1944.

Tom passed away on the 6th of October 1986 at the age of 75, 16 days after our Fitzroy FC played in our last Finals match in the VFL, as we went down to the Hawthorn FC by 56 points in the Preliminary Final at VFL Park Waverley.

Thank you for representing our Fitzroy FC Tom.

Brenden Campbell and the Fitzroy Brisbane Lions Historical Society