AFL Queensland Limited (AFLQ) is the

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formed in 2000 and based at Leyshon Park in the

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suburb of

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. AFL Queensland has over 216,000 participants (including Northern Rivers which is governed by AFLQ) playing at all levels of football from the introductory NAB AFL Auskick program to the AFL Masters Competition. AFL Queensland covers 13 regions, 24 leagues and 159 clubs.

History

In 1999 the Queensland State Football League which previously oversaw Queensland's competition went into voluntary liquidation and the Queensland Australian Football Council was dissolved. A new governing body, AFL Queensland Limited was founded adopting the AFL brand due to formally affiliating with the

AFL Commission The AFL Commission is the governing body of the Australian Football League Limited (AFL), its subsidiaries and controlled entities. Richard Goyder has been chairman since 4 April 2017, replacing Mike Fitzpatrick. It was formed in 1985 as the ...

in Melbourne.

Affiliated Leagues

Premier South East Queensland leagues

The highest grades of men's and women's Queensland community football are/were: *

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(1903–present) * QAFLW (2001–present)

Developmental Leagues

* Queensland Football Association (QFA)

Interschool Competitions

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(2016-present)

Regional AFL Queensland leagues

AFL Cairns AFL Cairns is a semi-professional Australian rules football league that includes clubs from the Cairns region in Queensland, Australia. It is widely regarded as the strongest regional Australian rules football league in Queensland and has a lar ...

(1956–present) *

AFL Capricornia AFL Capricornia is an amateur Australian Rules Football, Australian rules football competition played across Central Queensland between the months of March to September, which are typically the cooler months of the Queensland climate. Spanning ...

(1969–present) * AFL Darling Downs (1971–present) *

AFL Mackay AFL Mackay is an amateur Australian rules football competition formed as the Mackay Australian Football League in 1970. It is headquartered in the city of Mackay, Queensland, Mackay with further clubs in Airlie Beach, Queensland, Airlie Beach a ...

(1970–present) * AFL Mount Isa (1967–present) *

AFL Townsville AFL Townsville is an amateur competition formed as the Townsville Australian Football League in 1955, the first contemporary AFL competition to be formed outside of the South East Queensland. It is based in the city of Townsville. For a short p ...

(1955–present) * AFL Wide Bay (1987–present) * AFL Cape York (1992–present) All regions include their own affiliated junior leagues.

Foreign AFL Queensland leagues

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AFL Solomon Islands AFL may refer to: Education * Angel Foundation for Learning, a Canadian Roman Catholic charity * Ankara Science High School, a high school in Ankara, Turkey, natively referred to as ''Ankara Fen Liesi'' * Assessment for learning Military * A ...

AFL Vanuatu AFL may refer to: Education * Angel Foundation for Learning, a Canadian Roman Catholic charity * Ankara Science High School, a high school in Ankara, Turkey, natively referred to as ''Ankara Fen Liesi'' * Assessment for learning Military * A ...

Representative Side

The "Queensland Scorpions" are the state representative side and include under 16s, under 18s and open age groups and compete at the

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and other state championships. The "Country Kookaburras" represent the regional areas outside of South East Queensland, have under 14's, 16s, under 18s and open age groups and compete at the Australian Country Championships. Due to the 2005 alignment with

, both sides can also include players from

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Location

The league's offices are currently based at Leyshon Park, Yeronga.

Previous Australian rules governing bodies in Queensland

* Brisbane Football Club, governed the code between 1870 until it deferred governance to the VFA in 1877. *

Victorian Football Association The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(1877–1880), following this period the code was known as Victorian Association. *

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, governed the code and its regional associations as an affiliate of the Victorian Football Association. * Queensland Football League (QFL) (1903–1996), also known as the Queensland Australian National Football League (QANFL) and Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) * Queensland Australian Football Council (1997–1999) which oversaw the Queensland State Football League (QSFL)

Grogan Medal

The

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is awarded to the best and fairest in home and away rounds of each season's competition. A best and fairest for the league has been awarded since 1946 however before it became a medal in 1947 and 1948 it was a trophy donated by Col Loel and Mick Byles known as the "Col Loel-Mick Byles" trophy. It was awarded to Kedron's

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in 1947, and Coorparoo's T. Calder in 1948 before being replaced by the Grogan Medal in 1949.

Queensland Team of the 20th Century

On 16 June 2003, the Queensland Team of the 20th Century was announced at a gala function staged by AFLQ at the

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. The Team of the 20th Century is selected from the best home-grown talent and read as follow
History Item
Coach of the Century:

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. Umpire of the Century: Tom McArthur.

References

Sources

# ''

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'' 1903 to 1933, weekly match reports and articles # ''

The Daily Mail The ''Daily Mail'' is a British daily middle-market tabloid conservative newspaper founded in 1896 and published in London. , it has the highest circulation of paid newspapers in the UK. Its sister paper ''The Mail on Sunday'' was launch ...

'' 1903 to 1914, weekly match reports and articles # ''Saturday Sports Observer'' 1903 to 1912, weekly match reports and articles # ''John Morton's Queensland Australian Rules Year Book 1960'' by John Morton, 1960 # ''Queensland Team of the Century Football Record Official Programme'', AFL Queensland, 2003

External links

Official website

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20060819072428/http://qfl.aflq.com.au/default.aspx?s=historydisplay&aid=98717 List of Grand Final Results at the AFLQ State League website
Queensland Footy Discussion
on BigFooty
QAFF
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