Coorparoo Kings

The Coorparoo Kings Australian Football Club was founded in 1996 by Craig Dixon and was originally named ‘The Treasury Kings’. Craig Dixon worked at Brisbane’s Treasury Casino and was responsible for organising an annual ‘grudge’ match of Australian Rules Football between the Brisbane Treasury Casino and Gold Coast’s Jupiter’s Casino. Over the years, Treasury proved to be a formidable outfit, easily accounting for their Gold Coast opposition. In 1996, a number of players expressed interest in playing on a more regular basis, and with Craig’s organising, the Kings were born. During the first couple of seasons the Kings competed in AFLSQ’s Division 3 and played under the name Treasury Kings at Yeronga’s home ground. In 1999, a move to the oval that was once the home of the historic and successful ‘Coorparoo Roos’ and a promotion to Division 2, bought about the name change to the ‘Coorparoo Kings’ and affiliation with the old club. The Coorparoo Kings since have gone on to win senior premierships in the AFLSQ in 2000 and 2001 and are now firmly ensconced in the AFLQ’s State Association Division 1. After a stint of playing home games at Morningside AFC’s home ground, the Kings returned to Giffin Park at Coorparoo in 2009 affiliating itself with the Coorparoo ‘Roos’ Junior FC and U/18 team and are now looking ahead to exciting times and returning the club back to the powerhouse it once was. The club is quickly building a history with excellent on field success, strong social focus and a large network of past players, supporters and new players increasingly attending games and annual functions which are always growing in popularity.