| AFL Queensland | |
| Logosize: | 170px |
| Sport: | Australian rules football |
| Jurisdiction: | Queensland |
| Region: | AFL |
| Headquarters: | Yeronga |
| Chairperson: | Trisha Squires (Head of AFLQ) |
| Key Staff: | Laura Robertson (Offices Manager) Louise Thornton (People Business Partner) Mark Browning (Talent Manager) Josephine Fielding (Media Manager) Daniel Andrews (Facilities & Government Manager) Barry Gibson (Community Football Manager) Richie Lyons (Participations and Programs Manager) |
| Url: | https://www.aflq.com.au/ |
| Countryflag: | Australia |
AFL Queensland (AFLQ) is the governing body of Australian rules football in Queensland. AFL Queensland has over 216,000 participants (including Northern Rivers which is governed by AFLQ) playing at all levels of football from the introductory NAB AFL Auskick program to the AFL Masters Competition. AFL Queensland covers 13 regions, 24 leagues and 159 clubs.[1]
The highest grades of men's and women's Queensland community football are/were:
All regions include their own affiliated junior leagues.
The "Queensland Scorpions" are the state representative side and include under 16s, under 18s and open age groups and compete at the AFL Under 18 Championships and other state championships.
The "Country Kookaburras" represent the regional areas outside of South East Queensland, have under 14's, 16s, under 18s and open age groups and compete at the Australian Country Championships.
Due to the 2005 alignment with AFL PNG, both sides can also include players from Papua New Guinea.
The league's offices are currently based at Leyshon Park, Yeronga.
The Grogan Medal is awarded to the best and fairest in home and away rounds of each season's competition.
A best and fairest for the league has been awarded since 1946 however before it became a medal in 1947 and 1948 it was a trophy donated by Col Loel and Mick Byles known as the "Col Loel-Mick Byles" trophy. It was awarded to Kedron's Erwin Dornau in 1947,[7] and Coorparoo's T. Calder in 1948[8] before being replaced by the Grogan Medal in 1949.
On 16 June 2003, the Queensland Team of the 20th Century was announced at a gala function staged by AFLQ at the Brisbane Convention Centre.
The Team of the 20th Century is selected from the best home-grown talent and read as follows History Item:
| Backs: | Wayne Stewart | |||
| Half Backs: | Zane Taylor | |||
| Centres: | Des Hughes | |||
| Half Forwards: | Barry Clarke | |||
| Forwards: | Jason Dunstall (vc) | Owen Backwell | ||
| Followers: | Michael Voss (c) | Jason Akermanis | ||
| Interchange: | Noel McGuinness | |||
| Clem Ryan |
Coach of the Century: Norm Dare.
Umpire of the Century: Tom McArthur.
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