Vale Peter Sheales

May 30, 2024 | Member News

History turns on the smallest detail.  In the final quarter of the 1971 VFL Grand Final Hawthorn’s Peter Hudson was sitting on a total of 150 goals for the season, one away from the record. Bob Keddie marked and from the ground handpassed to Hudson who goaled...

Walter Hopkins turns 100

May 21, 2024 | News

The AFLUA’s oldest member Walter Charles Hopkins OAM has reached a remarkable 100 years of age. ‘Wally’ was born on 15th May 1924 in Seddon. At that time Europe was still recovering from the cataclysmic upheaval of war and revolution. Vladimir Lennin had died in...

AFLUA Assist Good Friday Appeal

May 14, 2024 | News

The AFLUA has made it’s annual contribution to the Good Friday Appeal, donating $7,500. The charity drive raises money for the Royal Children’s Hospital, helping to fund medical research, state of the art equipment, and education, all to improve the care...

Where are they now? – Graham Brewer

May 14, 2024 | Member News

It must be hard following your parent into the same sporting field, burdened with the expectation to equal, if not better, your parent’s achievements. My next ‘Where are they Now’, Graham Eric Brewer, is just that case. His father Eric OAM succeeded in all aspects of...

David Flegg AM – A Legend

May 13, 2024 | Member News, News

“The term ‘legend’ is widely misused nowadays.  But, ‘legend’ is such an apt description for our latest Legend, David Flegg AM.” So said goal umpiring stalwart Leigh Keen (heritage #179), who was befittingly tasked with formally inducting David Flegg to the...