West Australian Football Hall of Fame explained

The West Australian Football Hall of Fame was created in 2002 to recognise and enshrine those who have made a significant contribution to Australian rules football in Western Australia. People eligible for inclusion are players, coaches, umpires, administrators and media representatives.

The inductees are chosen under guidelines which have been established by the West Australian Football Commission and in 2003 a Hall of Fame Selection Committee was made. The first induction into the Hall of Fame took place on 21 March 2004.

Those with the most significant contribution to West Australian football are elevated to 'Legend Status' and are listed below in bold. Currently there are 14 legends.

2004

81 inductees:

• Ron Alexander
• Malcolm Atwell
• Ken Bagley
• Bill Bateman
• Reg Brentnall
• Mal Brown
• Dick Buchanan (Media)
• Gary Buckenara
• Haydn Bunton, Jr.
• Haydn Bunton, Sr.
• Fred Buttsworth
• Bud Byfield (Administrator)
• Barry Cable rescinded
• Hugh 'Bonny' Campbell
• Ross Capes (Umpire)
• Derek Chadwick
• Geoff Christian (Media)
• David Christy
• Jack Clarke
• Henry "Ivo" Crapp (Umpire)
• Bill Dempsey
• George Doig
• Jerry Dolan
• Ross Elliott (Media)
• Graham Farmer
• Mike Fitzpatrick
• Brian Foley

• John Gerovich
• Ross Glendinning
• Barney Grecian
• Arthur Green
• H. B. Grosvenor (administrator)
• Brad Hardie
• Keith Harper
• Stan Heal
• Ern Henfry
• Ross Hutchinson (Coach)
• Ken Hunter
• Carlisle Jarvis
• Frank Jenkins
• Paddy Knox
• Johnny Leonard
• Clive Lewington
• Steve Marsh
• Denis Marshall
• Phillip Matson
• Les McClements
• Jack McDiarmid
• John McIntosh
• Merv McIntosh
• Guy McKenna
• Stephen Michael
• George Moloney
• Ray Montgomery (Umpire)

• Graham Moss
• Bernie Naylor
• Billy Orr (administrator)
• Tom Outridge
• George Owens
• Brian Peake
• Maurice Rioli
• Austin Robertson, Jr.
• Pat Rodriguez (Administrator)
• Norm Rogers
• Ray Schofield
• Ray Scott
• Jack Sheedy
• Keith Slater
• Ray Sorrell
• Frank Sparrow
• Val Sparrow
• Max Tetley
• John Todd
• William 'Digger' Thomas
• Albert Thurgood
• William 'Nipper' Truscott
• Ted Tyson
• Bill Walker
• Mel Whinnen
• Robert Wiley
• John Worsfold

2005

10 inductees:^[1]

• Sydney 'Sammy' Clarke
• Jim Craig
• Larry Duffy
• Dean Kemp

• Laurie Kettlewell
• Chris Mainwaring
• Steve Malaxos
• Gerard Neesham

• Wally Stooke (Administrator)
• Peter Sumich

2006

8 inductees:^[2]

• Greg Brehaut
• Deverick 'Mick' Cronin
• Les Fong

• Doug Green
• Ted Kilmurray
• Peter Matera

• Phil Narkle
• Charlie Tyson

2007

9 inductees:^[3]

• Simon Beasley
• Merv Cowan (Administrator)
• Peter Featherby

• Ted Flemming
• Brian France
• Jim Gosnell

• John Guhl
• Graham Melrose
• Peter Spencer

2008

9 inductees:^[4]

• Ken Armstrong (player-coach)
• Leon Baker
• George Grljusich (Media)

• Dave Ingraham
• Glen Jakovich
• Ken McAullay

• Ian Miller (player-coach)
• Henry Sharpe
• John K. Watts

2009

9 inductees:^[5]

• Jim Conway
• John Lussick (Administrator)
• Darrell Panizza

• Alan Preen
• Charles Sweetman
• Ron Tucker

• Alan Watling
• Nicky Winmar
• Dave Woods

2010

9 inductees:^[6]

• Mark Bairstow
• John Cooper
• Percy Johnson

• Dwayne Lamb
• Gary Malarkey
• Terry Moriarty

• Les Mumme
• Frank Treasure
• Wally Price

2011

6 inductees:^[7]

• Duggan Anderson
• Don Marinko, Sr.
• Alf Moffat (administrator)

• George Prince
• Garry Sidebottom
• Peter Tannock (administrator)

2012

6 inductees:^[8]

• Ben Allan
• Ashley McIntosh
• John O'Connell

• Herbie Screaigh
• Grant Vernon (umpire)
• Barry White

2013

6 inductees:^[9]

• Peter Bell
• Chris Lewis
• Frank Hopkins

• Tom Wilson
• George Young
• Ray Richards

2015

Eight inductees:^[10]

• • Kevin Clune Oliver Drake Brockman (media)
• Tom Grljusich
• Paul Hasleby

• Syd Jackson
• Stan Nowotny
• Con Regan
• John Wynne

2017

Ten inductees:^[11]

• Mike Ball (Umpire)

• Alan Johnson
• Derek Kickett
• Keith Narkle
• Bob Shields
• Frank Walker

2019

Six inductees, and Stephen Michael elevated to Legend status:^[12]

• • Dean Cox Darren Glass
• Chris Judd

• • John Loughridge Warren Ralph
• Jack Simons (administrator)

External links

• Hall of Fame West Australian Football Commission website
• WA Football Hall of Fame inductees

Notes and References

1. http://aussierules.australianrules.com.au/2005stories/halloffame2005.html A night for Fremantle legends
2. http://aussierules.australianrules.com.au/2006stories/hallfame2006.html Legendary status for Moss
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20071022030649/http://www.effc.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=305 Old Easts make WA Football’s Hall of Fame
4. http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7009/newsid/56059/default.aspx WA Football Hall of Fame inductees announced
5. News: WAtoday. Fame never stops for Winmar. Tim. Clarke. 10 March 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134934/http://www.watoday.com.au/sport/fame-never-stops-for-winmar-20090309-8t7b.html. 6 October 2014.
6. http://www.wafootball.com.au/wafc/news/1773-2010-hall-of-fame-inductees- 2010 Inductees
7. http://www.wafootball.com.au/wafl/2493-2011-wa-football-hall-of-fame-induction 2011 Inductees
8. News: O'Connell joins WA greats. 3 March 2012. Townsend. John. The West Australian.
9. News: Bell to enter Hall of Fame. 28 February 2013. Kastanis . Costa. Fremantle Football Club.
10. News: WA footy greats heading for Hall of Fame. 11 July 2015 . Adrian . Beattie.
11. News: 2017 WA Football Hall of Fame inductees. 17 November 2017.
12. News: Michael a legend, Eagles trio inducted . 14 March 2019 . PerthNow . 13 March 2019 . en.