Scott McIvor (born 9 August 1966) is a former
Australian rules
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footballer. He made his V/AFL debut with
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in 1985 but played the majority of his career in his home state of Queensland with the
Brisbane Bears
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/
Lions
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.
Born in
Brisbane
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,
Queensland
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, McIvor played his junior football for
Wilston Grange. Prior to starting his VFL career, McIvor captained his home state Queensland in the
Teal Cup
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. At the age of 17, he was recruited by Fitzroy and finished second in their 1986 best and fairest before winning it in 1987.
The following season, he returned home to Queensland and joined the
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/A ...
who were playing just their second season in the
AFL
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. McIvor remained with the club for ten seasons until they merged with Fitzroy for the 1997 season. He finished with 138 games for the Bears; only
Roger Merrett
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and
Marcus Ashcroft
Marcus Ashcroft (born 25 September 1971) is a former professional Australian rules footballer. He played 318 games for the Brisbane Bears/Lions and is currently on the coaching panel of the Gold Coast Football Club. The Marcus Ashcroft Medal, ...
managed more. He spent just the one season with the newly formed Lions before an injury forced him to retire.
After Fitzroy and Brisbane combined their respective histories in 2001, the club unveiled a new 200 game honor board at the
Gabba which included Fitzroy,
Brisbane
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, and
Brisbane Lion players. The board was hung in the players' rooms with a replica for the members' area. The board itself was named the 'Curcio-McIvor' board, in honor of past players
Frank Curcio
Francis Eduardo Curcio (25 November 1912 – 11 November 1988) was an Australian rules footballer who played his entire 249 game career for the Fitzroy Lions in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He captained the club for four seasons, from ...
and Scott McIvor.
[AFANA Footy News (2005)]
''Brisbane News''
. Retrieved on 8 May 2008.
In 2003, he was named as a wingman in the
Queensland Team of the Century.
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1966 births
Living people
Australian rules footballers from Queensland
Fitzroy Football Club players
Brisbane Bears players
Brisbane Lions players
Mitchell Medal winners