Coorparoo Football Club were an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 club based in the Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

 suburb of Coorparoo

Coorparoo, Queensland

Coorparoo is a southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located approximately four kilometres from the city. Surrounding suburbs include Camp Hill, Holland Park, Greenslopes, East Brisbane, Norman Park and Seven Hills.-Aboriginal history:...

. Their club colours were navy blue and white and they were nicknamed the Roos.

History

Formed in 1935, Coorparoo played in the QANFL from 1941 to 1963 and the QAFL from 1964 to 1993. For the 1953 and 1954 seasons they merged with Yeronga

Yeronga Football Club

Yeronga Football Club are an Australian rules football club which play in the AFLQ State Association. They are nicknamed the Devils. Previously, the club competed in the Queensland Australian National Football League ....

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Footballers to have played or coached at the club include Carl Ditterich

Carl Ditterich

Carl Ditterich is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Ditterich, known as the "Blonde Bombshell", made a sensational best-on-ground debut against Melbourne in 1963 where he was said to have run around like a Gazelle. He became a tough ruckman and often appeared at the League Tribunal,...

, Jason Dunstall

Jason Dunstall

Jason Hadfield Dunstall is a former Australian rules football player for the Hawthorn Football Club of the AFL. He is the third greatest goalkicker in the history of the VFL/AFL. Dunstall is regarded as one of the greatest full-forwards to have ever played, kicking 1254 goals, a feat only...

, Kevin O'Keeffe

Kevin O'Keeffe

Kevin O'Keeffe is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the VFL during the 1970s.O'Keeffe, a half back, represented Victoria in an interstate match against Western Australia at the 1975 Knockout Carnival...

, John Pitura

John Pitura

John Pitura is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the South Melbourne and Richmond Football Clubs in the Victorian Football League during the 1970s....

 and Bill Ryan

Bill Ryan (footballer)

William Ronald Bill' Ryan is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL.Ryan, who was recruited from Swan Hill, could play as a ruckman, centre half back and key position forward. He participated in the 1967 Grand Final but his side lost and he would never play in...

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After the 1993 season, the original Coorparoo club folded, however the name continues in the form of the Coorparoo Kings, a football club who commenced as the Treasury Kings in 1996 as the representative side of the Treasury Casino. Since moving to Coorparoo's former home ground in 1999, the Treasury Kings have been known as the Coorparoo Kings and play in the AFLQ State Association

AFLQ State Association

AFLQ State Association is an Australian Rules Football association which includes clubs from South East Queensland...

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Honours

Premierships (6)

• 1960
• 1963
• 1964
• 1968
• 1984
• 1986

Grogan Medalists (5)

• Tom Calder
  Tom Calder
  Thomas Charles "Tom" Calder was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He is a member of the Queensland Football Hall of Fame....
  
   1948, 1950
• Bevis Howell 1952
• John Golding 1959
• Ken Grimley
  Ken Grimley
  Ken Grimley is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League .Grimley was a rugby league full-back while growing up in Brisbane and only took up Australian football after leaving school...
  
  1964
• Brendan McMullen 1984, 1986