The University of Queensland Australian Football Club (UQAFC) is an amateur Australian rules football club playing in the QFA Division 1, Division 4 and QAFLW League competitions, overseen by AFL Queensland. UQAFC home games are played at the University of Queensland's Playing Field 2, on the corner of Sir William MacGregor Drive and Thynne Road, St Lucia, Brisbane.

Founded in 1956, the club collected the Red Lions moniker in reference to a pub in the Northern New South Wales town of Glencoe. After travelling to Armidale to compete against the University of New England for the Clem Jones Shield UQ would frequent the Red Lion Tavern on their return journey, giving birth to the Red Lion legend.

The UQAFC has since won seven Senior premierships, including a "threepeat" in 1961, 1962 & 1963. Red Lion Reserve Grade sides have claimed twelve premiership victories many of which came during extended periods of dominance through the 1980s and more recently in the new millennium. The club has a built unique heritage with its large student membership and strong old boys network resulting in a very social club atmosphere and it is very proud to cater to footballers of all abilities. Currently with eight teams and approximately 250 registered players, the Red Lions are regarded as one of the largest amateur Australian rules football club in Queensland.

In 2006 a large increase in player numbers resulted in the formation of a third adult side for the first time since the 1970s. The Thirds team, which also included players from the Griffith University Gladiators, played in the reserves competition of Division 2 of the AFLQ State Association competition. 2006 also saw a significant improvement in performance with the Senior side finishing third overall, and the Reserves side winning the premiership.

The club continued to perform well in 2007 under new Senior Coach Travis Warren with both the senior and Reserves side reaching the preliminary final. In 2008, performances across all grades continued to improve, with the Reserves winning the Premiership, the Thirds making the Grand Final for the first time and the Seniors again narrowing missing the Grand Final to finish third.

2009 represented another year of growth for the club, with unprecedented player numbers allowing the creation of a fourth adult side for the first time. The Thirds and Fourths played as senior and reserve teams of Division 2 of the AFLQ State Association competition. The Division 2 Reserves played finals in 2010 (for the first time since stepping up from Division 3) and the club continued to grow in numbers to accommodate their four adult men's sides

The Senior Coaching role was taken over by Tim MacKinley prior to the start of the 2011 season. Both Division 1 sides finished on top of their respective ladders to take out the minor premiership, with the Reserve side capping the season with a premiership and the Seniors reaching the Grand Final. The Thirds continued their improvement to record 4 victories, the most in one season since their promotion to Division 2. In 2012 the club had 3 teams make the Grand Final, with the Seconds and Fourths ultimately claiming premierships.

At the completion of the 2012 season AFL Queensland offered University a promotion into the Allied Pickfords Cup and recently retired club-captain Matthew Stewart took the reins as senior coach. The club welcomed the return of an Under 18's side and for the first time ever also fielded Division 4 and Ladies teams. The Division 1 Reserves, Division 3 Reserves and Ladies teams all played finals in 2013, with the Fourths claiming their second premiership in a row.

Following the AFLQ's decision to re-structure their South East Queensland competitions for 2014, the Red Lions applied for a licence in the newly re-formed Queensland Australian Football League. On 19 September 2013 the AFLQ announced that the UQAFC would form a part of the QAFL for the 2014 season. Following another re-structuring of AFLQ competitions in 2017, the Red Lions joined the QFA Division 1 competition. UQAFC has also fielded a Women's team in the states premier senior women's competition, the QAFLW, since 2014.

The Wests Juniors club in nearby Toowong are partners in a joint initiative Under 18 squad, the UQ Bulldogs. Players from other junior clubs in the local area are also welcomed. The majority of the club's recruitment remains the influx of sometimes inexperienced but always keen students who filter down from the university.

The club introduced a mascot prior to the 2011 finals campaign. Randy the Red Lion can often be seen at Oval 7 cheering on the Red Lions and helping them celebrate a win.

Year	President	Senior Coach	Senior Captain	Senior B&F	Seniors Result	Reserves Result	Under 18 Result
1956	Unknown	Tom Keay	Ted Duhs	Brian Cox
1957	Unknown	Tom Keay	Don McCaffrey	Don McCaffrey
1958	Unknown	Tom Keay	Mal Nairn	Unknown
1959	Unknown	Tom Keay	Mal Nairn	Brian Gabbedy	Premiers
1960	Unknown	Norm Reidy	Tony Burge	Tony Burge
1961	Unknown	Richard Flynn	Tony Burge	Tony Burge	Premiers
1962	Unknown	Richard Flynn	Tony Burge	Tony Burge	Premiers
1963	Unknown	Tom Keay	Gary Crooke	Tom Rieusset	Premiers
1964	Unknown	Tom Keay	Gary Crooke	Maurie Fielke
1965	Unknown	Tom Keay	Gary Crooke	Rod Brown	Premiers
1966	Unknown	Brian Grienke	Tom Rieusset	Bill Bowness	Premiers
1967	Unknown	Cyril Pearson	Bill Bowness	J McDonald
1968	Unknown	Cyril Pearson	Ashley Mercy	R Butler
1969	Unknown	R Parr	D Franks	B Hunt
1970	Unknown	A Page	Keith Grantley	B Hunt
1971	Unknown	A Page	Unknown	Keith Grantley		Premiers
1972	Unknown	Tom Keay	Gary Miller	Keith Grantley
1973	Unknown	Tom Keay	Unknown	Unknown
1974	Unknown	Tom Lonergan	Tom Lonergan	P Morcombe
1975	Unknown	Tom Lonergan	Tom Lonergan	Unknown
1976	Unknown	B Vivian	P Morcombe	Bernie Powell
1977	Unknown	B Vivian	D Pini & R Jakubans	Unknown
1978	Unknown	Tom Lonergan	Unknown	D Pini
1979	Unknown	B Smith	Michael Byrom	Michael Byrom
1980	Unknown	B Smith	Unknown	B Cook
1981	Unknown	Tom Lonergan	Unknown	Clive Philbrick
1982	Unknown	Tom Lonergan	Unknown	D Dickie
1983	Unknown	Jack Van Damme	Unknown	R Renhard		Premiers
1984	Unknown	Jack Van Damme	Graham Sullivan	Geoff Egarr	Premiers	Premiers
1985	Unknown	David Eels	Graham Sullivan	Andrew McNaughton		Premiers
1986	Unknown	David Eels	Graham Sullivan	Gary Cranitch
1987	Unknown	David Pie	Graham Sullivan	Paul O'Connor		Premiers
1988	Unknown	David Eels	Marcus Anstey	Geoff Egarr
1989	Unknown	David Eels	Marcus Anstey	Marcus Anstey
1990	Unknown	Lindsay Collison	Marcus Anstey	Marcus Anstey
1991	Unknown	Lindsay Collison	Lewis Atkinson	Tom Carson
1992	Peter Wilson	Lindsay Collison	Lindsay Collison	Tom Carson
1993	Doug Stuart	Keith Rayner	Lindsay Collison	Lindsay Collison
1994	Lewis Atkinson	Phil Kemble	Mark Graham	Kevin Joslin
1995	Burt Nadalin	Phil Kemble	Mark Graham	Mark Graham
1996	Reid Maxwell	Steven Potts	Jim Wilkins & Steven Bell	Ben Meadows
1997	Darren Smart	Kevin Venville	Angus Hudson	M Watts
1998	Darren Smart	Kevin Venville	Shaun Munday	Dean Waters
1999	Darren Smart	Quentin Johnson	Ross Stuart & Shaun Munday	Andrew Stone	Finalists
2000	Darren Smart	Quentin Johnson	Ross Stuart & Shaun Munday	Jeff Deeth	Preliminary Finalists
2001	Shane Elkin	Quentin Johnson	Ross Stuart	Jeff Deeth	Finalists
2002	Shane Elkin	Quentin Johnson	Ross Stuart	Ash Lane
2003	Mark Wallace	Quentin Johnson	Ash Lane	Jeff Deeth	Preliminary Finalists
2004	David Chettle	Warren Stone	David Chettle	Adam McKenzie
2005	Dustin Fergus	Warren Stone	David Chettle	Aaron Connolly		Preliminary Finalists	Premiers
2006	Anthony Lee	Damien Carroll	Anthony Bix & Robert Sadler	Richard Wenham	Preliminary Finalists	Premiers	Premiers
2007	Charlie Perry	Travis Warren	Brian Marsden	Joe Wurf
2008	Charlie Perry	Travis Warren	Gareth Wilkinson	Aaron Connolly		Premiers
2009	Scott Young	Travis Warren	Michael Scruton	Tom Gehrmann
2010	Scott Young	Ian Carter	Matthew Stewart	Luke Wray	6th	Preliminary Finalists	Elimination Finalists
2011	Scott Young	Tim Mackinley	Matthew Stewart	Daniel Lewis	Grand Finalists	Premiers	N/A
2012	Peter Herring	Tim Mackinley	Matthew Stewart	Michael Stewart	Grand Finalists	Premiers	N/A
2013	Peter Herring	Matthew Stewart	Michael Stewart	Michael Stewart	10th	Semi-Finalists	6th
2014	Peter Herring	Matthew Stewart	Adam Culvenor	Michael Stewart	9th	10th	8th
2015	Peter Herring	Darren Pfeiffer	William Carlson	Brodie Tebbutt	8th	6th	Preliminary Finalists
2016	Peter Herring	John Tootell

Year	Senior Coach	Senior Captain	Senior B&F	Seniors Result	Reserves Result
2006	Andrew Nuske	Josh Hanek	Reyne Hondow
2007	Andrew Nuske & Tim Mackinley	Andrew Nuske	Aaron Poole
2008	Tim Mackinley	Andrew Nuske	Ben Kleverlaan
2009	Jarad Evans	Scott Peeler	Daniel Lutton
2010	Jarad Evans	Daniel Lutton	Daniel Lutton	10th	Preliminary Finalists
2011	Jarad Evans	Daniel Lutton	Sean Powyer	8th	7th
2012	Andrew Brown	Matthias Falzon	Sam Noone	9th	Premiers
2013	Jarad Evans	Nick Davis	Mark Blackman	8th	Premiers
2014	Gareth Wilkinson & Jarad Evans	Brad Clark	Reyne Hondow	Elimination Finalists	Premiers
2015	Peter Rosengren	Brad Clark	Aidan Janetzki	7th	N/A
2016	Peter Rosengren

Year	Senior Coach	Senior Captain	Senior B&F	Seniors Result	Reserves Result
2013	Michael Swann & Nick Kent	Tia Bool	Daryl Jensen	8th	N/A
2014	Michael Swann	Kate Harvey	Breanna Koenen	6th	Semi-Finalists
2015	Michael Swann	Sharni Webb	Breanna Koenen	6th	5th
2016	Damien Richards

The club has unofficial links to the teams which represent the university at the Australian University Games, previously held separately for each sport and called Inter-Varsity Carnivals. In 2012 the team's Best Off Field Medal was dubbed the "Bruce Larkin Medal". The following players have received Green & Gold selection in the team of the carnival: Adam Pearce, Anthony Lee & Sebastine Isu (1993), David Coxen (1996), Michael Swann (2009 & 2012), and Jared D'Roza & Madi Crowley (2013).

Year	Host City	Division	Result	Coach	Captain	Best Off Ground	Best On Ground
1993	Brisbane	One	1st	Jason Howles	Anthony Lee
1994 & 1995	Various		Did not compete
1996	Canberra	One	Unknown
1997 to 2008	Various		Did not compete
2009	Gold Coast	Two	8th	Tom McNicol	Will Rowles	Adam Terranova	Michael Swann
2010	Perth		Did not compete
2011	Gold Coast	Two	6th	Andrew Brown	Alexis Foulstone	Will Larkin	Nick Foxcroft
2012	Adelaide	One	11th	John Flynn	Alexis Foulstone	Cheech Falzon	Nick Kent
2013	Gold Coast	Two	4th	Nick Kent	Michael Swann	Cheech Falzon	Sean Powyer
2014	Sydney		Did not compete
2015	Gold Coast		Did not compete
2016	Perth

The UQAFC has produced some footballers of note. The club's alumni includes:

• Ken Crooke, former President of the National Party's Queensland branch
• John Harms, sports writer
• Malcolm Nairn, inaugural Vice-Chancellor of Charles Darwin University
• Steve Haddan, channel 9 news reader
• Ozzie Moore, former PGA Pro golfer
• Wayne Swan, Former Deputy Prime Minister & Federal Treasurer

AFL Players

• Scott Clouston, former player with the Brisbane Lions who came from the UQ Bulldogs Under 18s in 2005
• Ben Hudson, player for the Brisbane Lions, former player of Western Bulldogs and Adelaide Crows
• Andrew McKay, premiership player for the Carlton Blues trained with University whilst studying veterinary science.
• John Williams, former player with the Essendon Bombers who played with the UQ Bulldogs Under 18s and the senior Red Lions in 2006

AFLW Players

• Greta Bodey
• Gabby Collingwood
• Dakota Davidson
• Nat Grider
• Megan Hunt
• Breanna Koenen
• Maria Moloney
• Emma Pittman
• Sharni Webb
• Luka Yoshida-Martin
• Emma Zielke

• University of Queensland
• University of Queensland Business Association
• University of Queensland Union (UQU)
• Queensland Australian Football League

• Official site
• Playing Field 2

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