Stories

8 December 2015

Ricco Butler is a legend of Townsville football, winning three league best and fairest medals (1961, 1964 and 1967). Ricco's club, the Garbutt Magpies won 6 premierships between 1958 and 1966. T...

8 December 2015

David Dalgarno was a Sherwood junior who emerged from the strong football nurseries at Corinda State School and Indooroopilly High. He displayed excellent leadership qualities and determination ...

3 December 2015

One of the first matches of the twenty-first century to be played at the Carrara Stadium. Matches against WA had been few and far between for most of the twentieth century, but were re-instituted in...

1 December 2015

Junior Footy commenced in Cairns in the 1950s. By he early 1970s there was a thriving junior league. King Watson, junior footy pioneer and founder of the North Cairns club took some amazing foot...

1 December 2015

The first official football match in Queensland was played under what were known as the Melbourne Rules. It took place in Queen's Park (now known as the Brisbane Botanical Gardens). The match comme...

1 December 2015

QFL secretary Fred Vare was the prime mover behind the introduction of a schools competition in 1905. After the keen interest shown by schoolboys at the Queensland-New South Wales interstate game in 1...

1 December 2015

As the nineteenth century drew to a close, enthusiasts had several flirtations with reviving the game. One such effort showed potential for long-lasting success. On the evening of 24th July 1900, ...

25 November 2015

Col Hoy was best known as a former Test cricket umpire, and the man who gave the final Ian Meckiff run out decision in the famous Gabba Test between Australia and the West Indies in 1960. Col was howe...

25 November 2015

Harry O'Callaghan was an icon of Queensland football from the 1920’s through to the 70’s. He excelled as a player, coach, umpire and administrator. Born in Terang, Victoria, he represented Victori...

25 November 2015

Alan Metcalfe was one of a handful of hardy souls who relaunched Australian rules football in North West Queensland in 1967. The code was originally founded in the early 1960s but faded out with the g...