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Mount Gravatt Australian Football Club, is a
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based club which competed in the
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competition from 2011–2013 and as of 2014 is a member club of the
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.,2014 QAFL clubs
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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.


AFL/VFL players

These are the list of past and present Mount Gravatt players who have played at AFL/VFL as the
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or the
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: * Rohan Bail -
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* Clay Cameron -
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and
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* Will Hamill -
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Shaun Hampson Shaun Hampson (born 21 March 1988) is a former Australian rules footballer who played 98 games across a 12-year career with the and Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Junior football Hampson excelled at sport a ...
- Carlton and Richmond *
Ben Hudson Ben Hudson (born 24 February 1979) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club, Western Bulldogs, Brisbane Lions and Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has s ...
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and Collingwood *
Stephen Kenna Stephen Kenna (born 8 October 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Australian Football League (AFL). After being delisted from Carlton, Kenna moved to South Adelaide in the South Australian National Foot ...
- Carlton *
Tony Lynn Tony Lynn (born 29 April 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears and Carlton in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). A Queenslander, Lynn played both junior and senior football at Morn ...
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and Carlton *
Joel Macdonald Joel Macdonald (born 10 October 1984) is a businessman and former Australian rules footballer. He is the co-founder and former President of software company, GetSwift. Prior to starting GetSwift, Macdonald was an Australian rules footballer ...
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and
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* Brad Miller -
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and Richmond *
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Shane Morrison Shane Morrison (born 10 January 1981) is an Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Lions and Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL). Morrison, who grew up in Cairns, is the son of former South Melbourne player Peter ...
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and Richmond * Ken Peucker (1935–2005) -
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* Albert Proud -
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* Archie Smith -
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Darryl White Darryl White (born 12 June 1973) is an Australian rules footballer whose career with the Brisbane Bears and Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL) lasted from 1992 to 2005. An Indigenous Australian, in 2005 he was named at fullback in t ...
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Brisbane Bears The Brisbane Football Club, nicknamed the Bears, was a professional Australian rules football club based in Queensland on the Gold Coast (relocated to Brisbane in 1993). The club participated in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/ ...
and
Brisbane Lions The Brisbane Lions is a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was formed in late 1996 via a merger of the Melbourne-based 1883 foundation VFL c ...
* Derek Wirth -
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Premierships (2)


Individual honours

Grogan Medal The
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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 Tony Lynn (born 29 April 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears and Carlton in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). A Queenslander, Lynn played both junior and senior football at Morn ...
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


External links


Official website
{{AFL Queensland State League Clubs
Mt Gravatt Mount Gravatt is a southern suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and a prominent hill and lookout within this suburb (). In the , Mount Gravatt had a population of 3,366 people. Geography The suburb is situated in the south- ...
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