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== Club song == |
== Club song == |
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The club song is sung to the tune of Road to Gundagai. |
The club song is sung to the tune of Road to Gundagai. |
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We're A Team What A Team |
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We're The Best You've Ever Seen |
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We Are The Boys From Vulture Land |
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While The Others Keep On Trying |
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We'll Have That Flag A Flying |
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Up On Mt Gravatt |
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We're The Team In The Finals |
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That's Where We Will Be |
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Leaving Other Teams Behind Us |
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Amazed At Our Speed |
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Blue and White Is Our Pride |
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And We Will Battle Side by Side |
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We Are The Boys From Vulture Land |
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== AFL/VFL players == |
== AFL/VFL players == |
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Revision as of 01:34, 16 September 2022
| Mount Gravatt | ||
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| Names | ||
| Full name | Mount Gravatt Australian Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1964 | |
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| Competition | QAFL | |
| President | David Reid | |
| Ground(s) | Dittmar Park (capacity: 2,000) | |
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| Other information | ||
| Official website | mtgafc.com | |
Mount Gravatt Australian Football Club, is a Brisbane based club which competed in the North East Australian Football League competition from 2011–2013 and as of 2014 is a member club of the Queensland Australian Football League.,[1] formed in 1964.
SQAFA/BAFL
The club was a member of the SQAFA since the early 1970s, It won premierships in 1971, 1972, 1974 and 1983.
QAFL
The club had been affiliated with AFL Queensland since 1994. The club won premiership in 2002 & 2007, whilst being runners up in 1996, 1997, 2003 and 2009.
NEAFL
The club is a founding member of the competition, Its first season it finished second on the ladder and lost the Preliminary Final.
Club song
The club song is sung to the tune of Road to Gundagai.
We're A Team What A Team We're The Best You've Ever Seen We Are The Boys From Vulture Land
While The Others Keep On Trying We'll Have That Flag A Flying Up On Mt Gravatt
We're The Team In The Finals That's Where We Will Be Leaving Other Teams Behind Us Amazed At Our Speed
Blue and White Is Our Pride And We Will Battle Side by Side We Are The Boys From Vulture Land
AFL/VFL players
These are the list of past and present Mount Gravatt players who have played at AFL/VFL as the Brisbane Lions or the Brisbane Bears:
- Rohan Bail - Melbourne
- Clay Cameron - Gold Coast
- Jarrod Cotton - Port Adelaide
- Michael Gibson - Fitzroy and Brisbane Bears
- Will Hamill - Brisbane Lions
- Shaun Hampson - Carlton and Richmond
- Ben Hudson - Adelaide, Western Bulldogs, Brisbane Lions and Collingwood
- Stephen Kenna - Carlton
- Tony Lynn - Brisbane Bears and Carlton
- Joel Macdonald - Brisbane Lions and Melbourne
- Brad Miller - Melbourne and Richmond
- Neville Miller - South Melbourne
- Shane Morrison - Brisbane Lions and Richmond
- Ken Peucker (1935–2005) - Essendon
- Albert Proud - Brisbane Lions
- Archie Smith - Brisbane Lions
- Darryl White - Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions
- Derek Wirth - Brisbane Lions
Premierships (2)
| No. | Year | Competition | Opponent | Score | Venue |
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| 1 | 2002 | QAFL | Southport Sharks | 20.11 (131) - 10.10 (70) | Giffin Park |
| 2 | 2007 | QAFL | Southport Sharks | 16.12 (108) - 10.10 (70) | Carrara Stadium |
Individual honours
Grogan Medal
The Grogan Medal is the highest individual honour a single player can win in the Queensland state league. Votes are awarded by the umpires to the best and fairest players of each game. The Grogan Medal is Queensland equivalent to the AFL's Brownlow Medal.
Mount Gravatt has a total of two Grogan Medallists. The first, in 1999, was won by the captain, Brad Jones. The second was by another captain, Mick Stinear in 2004. This was a remarkable effort considering the vultures finished 5th for the season.
Joe Grant Medal
The Joe Grant Medal is awarded to the player judged best on field in a grand final. Mount Gravatt has two Joe Grant Medallists. The first was Tony Lynn in the 2002 grand final victory, and the second was Ash Evans in the 2007 grand final victory.
Ray Hughson Medal
The Ray Hughson Medal is awarded to the QAFL leading goal kicker at the end of the year. Mount Gravatt has one Ray Hughson Medallist: Shane Dupuy, who kicked 80 goals in the 1996 season.
References
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