Wilston Grange Football Club is an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 club which competes in the Queensland Australian Football League

AFL Queensland

AFL Queensland is the governing body of Australian rules football in Queensland. It was formed in 2000 after the previous governing body for the sport in Queensland, the Queensland Australian Football League , went into voluntary liquidation...

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History

Wilston Grange was formed in 1943, entered the QANFL in 1950. Their colours are royal blue, red and white. The Gorillas, as they are known, made five Grand Finals in the league for premierships in 1955, 1969 and 1972. The Gorrilas 1969 premiership was remarkable in that they had finished with the wooden spoon the previous season and won the Grand Final by a record 84 points, defeating Sandgate.

At the end of the 1989 season, Wilston Grange and Kedron merged to form the Kedron Grange Football Club

Kedron Grange Football Club

Kedron Grange Football Club were an Australian rules football club which competed in the Queensland Australian Football League. They were formed out of a merger in 1990 from the Kedron Football Club and Wilston Grange Football Club.-History:...

. Wilston Grange reverted back to a stand alone club and now plays in Division Two of the Queensland State League playing their home games at Hickey Park.

Honours

Premierships (3)

• 1955
• 1969
• 1972

Grogan Medalists (5)

• Jim Conlon - 1960
• Keith Leach - 1961, 1962
• Merv Appleyard - 1968
• Ken Garcia - 1969
• Barry Clark - 1972, 1976

External links

• Wilston Grange Gorillas official website
• Wilston Grange Football Club's Full Points Footy page