Melbourne Football Club

The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons since 1933, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1858, it is the oldest football club in Australia and is one of the oldest in the world. It is also distinguished by the fact that it was members of the club who wrote the rules of their game. Melbourne plays in red and dark blue colours, and its club song is It's a Grand Old Flag. The club was known in its early days as the Fuchsias and later as the Redlegs.

Captains

• Albert Chadwick ? -1928
• Ivor Warne-Smith 1928-?
• Percy Beames 1941-45
• Norm Smith 1945-48
• ? 1949-53
• Geoff Collins 1954
• Noel McMahen 1955-1956
• John Beckwith 1957-1959
• Ron Barassi 1960-1964
• Hassa Mann 1965-1972
• Stan Alves 1973-1978
• Carl Ditterich 1979-1980
• Robert Flower 1981-1987
• Greg Healy 1988-1990
• Gary Lyon 1991-1997
• Todd Viney 1998-1999
• David Neitz 2000-