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Team of the
Century |
The Fitzroy team of the Century was
presented at a function at the Palladium at Crown on the 3rd May 2001. It was
commemorated by release of a cover produced by First Class Collectables. (shown
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Back Line |
Bill Stephen |
Fred Hughson |
Frank Curico |
Half Back Line |
Kevin Murray (c) |
Paul Roos |
Gary Pert |
Centre Line |
Wilfred Smallhorn |
John Murphy |
Warwick Irwin |
Half Forward Line |
Owen Abrahams |
Bernie Quinlan |
Gary Wilson (vc) |
Forward Line |
Allan Ruthven |
Jack Moriarty |
Norm Brown |
Followers |
Alan Gale |
Norm Johnstone |
Haydn Bunton |
Interchange |
Michael Conlan |
Alaistar Lynch |
Harvey Merrigan |
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Richard Osborne |
Percy Parratt |
Percy Trotter |
Coach |
Len Smith |
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The team only included one current player,
Alaistar Lynch, who now plays with the merged club, the Brisbane Lions. A lot of
the players played in the first half of the century when Fitzroy won its eight
premierships, the last in 1944. |
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