Brisbane Australian Football Club
The now-defunct Brisbane Football Club, formed in May 1866, is the first known football club of any code in Brisbane, Queensland.
The club commenced playing according to what was then known as the 'Victorian Rules' (previously known as 'Melbourne Rules', which would later become known as 'Australian Rules' football). However, in 1876 the club adopted Rugby rules, to fit in with two newly formed football clubs, before reverting to Australian Rules (with occasional Rugby matches) in 1879.
The club was to last around only 20 years, disappearing from the public record in the late 1880s, when Rugby football was in the ascendancy in Brisbane and Australian Rules was in decline.
Read more about Brisbane Australian Football Club: Mid-1800s: First Football Games in Brisbane, 1866: Club Formed, First Games, 1870s: Opposition Clubs Formed, 1880: Queensland Football Association, Later Brisbane Australian Football Clubs
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