Morningside Australian Football Club

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**Morningside**

Full name	Morningside Australian Football Club
Nickname	The Panthers
Strip	Red, white and black panels with a black back
Founded	1947
Sport	Australian rules football
League	Queensland State League
First season
Ground	Jack Esplen Oval, Hawthorne
Club song	Grand Old Flag
President/Chair	Mike Mollison
Coach	John Blair
Captain
2005

For other uses, see Morningside (disambiguation).

Morningside Australian Football Club, also known as Morningside AFC or the Panthers, is a Brisbane-based club competing in the AFL Queensland Australian rules football competition. It developed from the Hawthorne Juniors club which was founded in 1931.

Morningside has provided some of the best Queensland-bred Australian rules footballers of the last 50 years, including triple-premiership winning Brisbane Lions captain Michael Voss and his teammate fullback Mal Michael, Voss's brother Brett Voss (who played at Brisbane and St Kilda), Brisbane Lions youngster Scott Harding comes from this club as well as former Carlton player Tony Lynn.

1 Premierships
2 Grogan Medallists
3 QAFL Top Goalkickers
4 External links

[edit] Premierships

AFL Queensland

1965
1991
1993
1994
2003
2004

[edit] Grogan Medallists

The Grogan Medal is awarded to the best and fairest player in an AFLQ season.

Noel McGuinness 1953 & 1954
Henry Maguire 1955
Keith Farnsworth 1957
Merv Dihm 1960
Terry Johnston 1967
Jeff Ebert 1974
John Blair 1982
Daryl Bourke 1989 & 1993
Ricky Chapman 1992
Mitchell Howe 1994
Dean Edwards 1998
Jacob Gough 2003

[edit] QAFL Top Goalkickers

G. Jones (114) - 1974
G. Jones (124) - 1975
G. Jones (142) - 1976
J. Newton (81) - 1979
J. Blair (86) - 1985
J. Manson (106) - 1986
D. Vickery (95) - 1989
D. Vickery (117) - 1990
D. Vickery (100) - 1991
D. Vickery (81) - 1992
M. Russell (83) - 1994
M. Russell (105) - 1995
M. Russell (101) - 1997

[edit] External links

Clubs in the AFL Queensland State League
Division 1	Broadbeach \| Labrador \| Morningside \| Mt Gravatt \| Redlands \| Southport \| Suncoast Lions \| Zillmere Eagles
Division 2	Aspley Hornets \| Burleigh Bombers \| Coolangatta Tweed Heads \| Maroochy North Shore \| Mayne \| Noosa \| Palm Beach Currumbin \| Sandgate \| Surfers Paradise \| Western Magpies \| Wilston Grange