Brisbane Bears ended in 1996.
Brisbane Bears was created in 1986.
The Brisbane Lions were officially launched on 1 November 1996, joining the national competition in 1997.
Fitzroy played their last VFL/AFL game on September 1st,1996 against Fremantle at the Subiaco Oval.Fremantle won 24.13 (157) to 10.11 (71).Fitzroy merged with the Brisbane Bears to become the Brisbane Lions from the 1997 season onwards and currently have won three premierships as a merged team (As of 2009).
Richmond joined the vfl in 1908
1925. Although it was called the VFL (Victorian Football League) at the time.
Richmond's first season in the VFL (renamed AFL in 1990) was 1908.
Peter Knights coached the Brisbane Bears from their first game in 1987 until being sacked part way thru 1989.
Probably the two teams that have been in the VFL/AFL from the beginning in 1896 and have won the Most premierships as well: Essendon and Carlton - with 16 premierships a-piece. Although some try to claim it, you also probably couldn't give it to the Brisbane Lions club, either, since it was really an outgrowth of Brisbane Bears which commenced in 1987, and which, in turn, was really an outgrowth of the Fitzroy Lions.
did fitroy merge with another team
The Brisbane Lions Football Club was established in 1996. The club was originally formed when the teams of Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions merged.
VFL was invented in 1865