did fitroy merge with another team
the Brisbane bears and the fitzroy lion merged in June 1996
The Brisbane Lions Football Club was established in 1996. The club was originally formed when the teams of Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions merged.
The Brisbane Lions were officially launched on 1 November 1996, joining the national competition in 1997.
Brisbane Bears was created in 1986.
Brisbane Bears ended in 1996.
Fitzroy played their last VFL/AFL game on September 1st,1996 against Fremantle at the Subiaco Oval.Fremantle won 24.13 (157) to 10.11 (71).Fitzroy merged with the Brisbane Bears to become the Brisbane Lions from the 1997 season onwards and currently have won three premierships as a merged team (As of 2009).
Port Adelaide was the last team to be given a license in the AFL in 1997, though they have existed in the SANFL since 1870 so they're not the newest team. Also the Brisbane Lions started in 1997 as the merger of Fitzroy Lions and Brisbane Bears
well the answer is 11 but at Brisbane lions they won 3 and that was in a row but Brisbane could have won 4 but they lost the last one and as the club was Fitzroy they won 8 !! Go Brisbane Lions
Brisbane Bears was founded in 1986, and played its first official VFL football match at the commencement of the 1987 season.
Peter Knights coached the Brisbane Bears from their first game in 1987 until being sacked part way thru 1989.
Probably the two teams that have been in the VFL/AFL from the beginning in 1896 and have won the Most premierships as well: Essendon and Carlton - with 16 premierships a-piece. Although some try to claim it, you also probably couldn't give it to the Brisbane Lions club, either, since it was really an outgrowth of Brisbane Bears which commenced in 1987, and which, in turn, was really an outgrowth of the Fitzroy Lions.
Charles Fitzroy became Governor of New South Wales in 1846 and continued in this position until January 1855.