Tribute to the defunct clubs of the VFL/AFL

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Description: This tribute video goes out to the defunct clubs of the Australian Rules VFL/AFL 110 year history. University 1908 to 1914. Their first few seasons in the VFL showed some prommise but they never reached the finals. But from 1911 to 1914, University went on a downward spiral that would see them only winning two games in their last 4 seasons. Because of the Great War braking out, the University club was the first casulty of the VFL's history with many of their players being killed while serving Australia in World War 1. South Melbourne 1897 to 1981. The South Melbourne Swans won 3 premireships, the last being 1933. But due to poor on field performance South Melbourne struggled even while having great players like Bob Skillton winning Brownlow Meadles during those tough times in the 60's and 70's. In 1981, South Melbourne moved to Sydney to become the first club in the VFL to be formed outside Victoria in 1982. Even though they are now the Sydney Swans, there is a loyal South Melbourne base in the state of Victoria. So far the Sydney Swans have won 1 Grand Final in 2005 but have also came runners up in 1996 and 2006. Fitzroy Lions 1897 to 1996 Frizroy was a strong club during it's early years in the VFL winning 8 premireships with the last one being in 1944. Sadly just like South Melbourne, Fitzroy suffered from poor onfield performance during the 60's and 70's but still survived till the 1990's. In 1996 when Fitzroy was virtually bankrupt, the Lions merged with the Brisbane Bears to become known as the Brisbane Lions. Brisbane Bears 1987 to 1996 Brisbane was a club based in the state of Queensland and was one of two clubs introduced in that year (the other club being West Coast) Early on the Bears Struggled and almost ended up being bankrupt during the early 90's. But they struggled on both on field and off field until 1994 when they finally started to get their winning form together and in 1995 when the Brisbane Bears sparked a come back at mid season to end up making the finals for the first time winning 6 out of their last 7 games to just make the finals by 1/2 a game. The following year in 1996 the Bears enjoyed their best season finishing 3rd on the ladder and enjoying a few finals wins before being defeated by North Melbourne who then went on to win the Grand Final the following week against Sydney Swans. Midway in the 1996 season, the Brisbane Bears organised to merge with Fitzroy who was struggling to find a club to merge with them and as the marridge between the Bears and the Lions became official at the end of the 1996 season, the Bears became the Brisbane Lions. So far the Brisbane Lions have won 3 premireships between 2001 to 2003 and came runners up in 2004.
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Lionkingz01 ::: Favorites South Melb was there at the start! 07-09-05 04:00:44 __________________________________________________
mgo26 ::: Favorites Your spelling and grammar is terrible. It really hampered my enjoyment of the video. 07-08-06 09:48:22 __________________________________________________
Fairtex09 ::: Favorites what exactly is this video about? 07-07-23 23:55:49 __________________________________________________
TBoneTony ::: Favorites It is just a tribute to the Australian Football clubs that are no longer around. Read the note at the side to get some history from the clubs featured in this video. 07-07-24 00:08:03 __________________________________________________
MRB16th ::: Favorites Really, in all terms, the only club to pull the pin is Fitzroy.... apart from that a great video. 07-07-19 07:44:33 __________________________________________________
Thepigisback2party ::: Favorites what about south melbourne? 07-08-20 21:20:20 __________________________________________________