University of Queensland Australian Football Club

Infobox aus sport club | clubname = University of Queensland AFC


fullname = University of Queensland Australian Football Club
emblem = The Red Lions
strip = Maroon guernsey with a sky-blue sash, maroon shorts with sky-blue trim, maroon socks with twin sky-blue hoops
founded = 1956
sport = Australian rules football
league = AFL South Queensland
firstseason = 1956
ground = Oval No.7 , University of Queensland
capacity = No seating capacity
song = Drunk Last Night
season = 2008
president = Charlie Perry
coach = Travis Warren
captain = Gareth WilkinsonThe University of Queensland Australian Football Club (UQAFC) is an amateur Australian rules football club playing in Division 1 of the AFL South Queensland competition overseen by AFL Queensland. UQAFC home games are played at the University of Queensland's No. 7 playing oval on the corner of Sir Fred Schonell Drive and Coleridge Street, St Lucia, Brisbane.

Founded in 1956 and known as the "Red Lions", it has won six first-grade premierships and five in reserve grade. With three teams and 110 registered players, the club regards itself as the biggest Australian rules football club in Queensland.

In 2006 a large increase in player numbers resulted in the formation of a third adult side for the first time since the 1970's. The thirds team, which also included players from the Griffith University Gladiators, played in the reserves competition of Division 2 of the AFL South Queensland competition. 2006 also saw a significant improvement in performance with the senior side finishing third overall, and the reserves side winning the premiership.

In 2007 the club continued to perform well under new senior coach Travis Warren with both the senior and seconds side reaching the preliminary final. Warren has been reappointed as senior coach for the 2008 season.

The Bulldogs are the club's Under 18 squad, which is a joint initiative with Wests Juniors club in nearby Toowong.

Former players

The UQAFC has produced some footballers of note. The club's alumni includes:
* Ken Crooke, former President of the National Party's Queensland branch
* Steve Haddan, Channel 9 Brisbane sports broadcaster and writer
* Andrew Hamilton, "Courier-Mail" journalist
* John Harms, writer
* Ozzie Moore, professional golfer
* Malcolm Nairn, inaugural Vice-Chancellor of Charles Darwin University
* Neil Roberts, Chairman of the Bank of Queensland
* Derek Humphery-Smith, commentator and former AFL umpire

;AFL Players
* Ben Hudson, player with the Adelaide Crows
* Andrew McKay, premiership player for the Carlton Blues trained with University whilst studying veterinary science.
* Scott Clouston, player with the Brisbane Lions who came from the UQ Bulldogs Under 18s in 2005
* John Williams, player with the Essendon Bombers who came from the UQ Bulldogs Under 18s in 2006

External links

* [http://www.redlions.org.au Official site]
* [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&z=18&ll=-27.49511,153.007032&spn=0.002769,0.003455 Oval 7 Aerial Photograph]