1973 : Brisbane Rugby League players establish the first Queensland Touch Football competition (BTFA)

1973 : BTFA established

Founder Interview

Jim Schaumberg

1960s : In the late 1960s, Touch Football begins in Sydney, NSW, Australia

1974 : BMTA – the successor to BTFA and now the largest Touch Football association in Australia.


Some Early Brisbane clubs

Dairy Cows and Maids est 1974

Country Club est 1976

Chalkees est 1974

Brisbane United est 1974

Sharks est 1976

Eagles est 1976

Metros est 1974


For QLD 1981 and NSW 1980 Year books click here

These books contain early history of many regions.


This website is maintained in Brisbane, Australia and focuses, at first, on the history of Touch Football in Brisbane. The history on this website is not limited to Brisbane, so anyone can contribute their Touch Football history – see the “Contact us” page. The long term vision is to have a central website for Touch Football / Touch Rugby history around the world.