AFLUA Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame
The AFLUA Hall of Fame was created to provide the means by which the Association could recognise and celebrate the outstanding contributions that members have made to the Association and to umpiring Australian Rules football.
The AFLUA Hall of Fame was officially launched in May 2008 when 99 inaugural inductees were admitted. A ballot was held in both 2010 and 2015, during which five inductees were elevated to the AFLUA Hall of Fame Legends in 2010 and two more in 2015.
The thirteenth ballot was held in 2023 resulting in the election of 13 new members, and elevation of one member to Legend Status.
AFLUA Hall of Fame Legends
The following AFLUA Hall of Fame members were elevated to AFLUA Hall of Fame Legends:
- Bill Deller OAM (2015)
- Percy Devine (2010)
- David Howlett (2015)
- John Lancaster (2010)
- Pat McGough (2010)
- Graeme Patterson OAM (2010)
- Mark Turner (2010)
- David Flegg AM (2023)
Selection to the AFLUA Hall of Fame was made through a series of ballots as follows:
| Ballot 1 covering 1909-1920 – theoretically held in 1925 | |||
| Henry (Ivo) Crapp | John Dougherty | Frederick Franks | Joseph Jones |
| John Lucas | |||
| Ballot 2 covering 1921-1930 – theoretically held in 1935 | |||
| Sydney Campton | Percy Devine | Jack Elder | Ernest Jenkins |
| Walter Naismith | Arthur Norden | ||
| Ballot 3 covering 1931-1940 – theoretically held in 1945 | |||
| Charles Bell | Bill Blackburn | John Drysdale | Jack McMurray Snr |
| Frederick Morgan | Robert Scott | ||
| Ballot 4 covering 1941-1950 – theoretically held in 1955 | |||
| Norm Batty | John Currie | John Fitt | Eric Hawkins |
| Walter Johnston | Lindsay Lancaster | Thomas Nicholson | Reg Treloar |
| William Wetenhall | Les Whyte | ||
| Ballot 5 covering 1951-1960 – theoretically held in 1965 | |||
| Roy Allen | Harry Beitzel | Harry Clayton | Norm Grant BEM |
| George Hamid | Harry Male | Jack McMurray Jnr | Allan Nash |
| Clyde White | |||
| Ballot 6 covering 1961-1970 – theoretically held in 1975 | |||
| Jeff Crouch | Len Eddy | Harold Forsyth | Colin Fulton |
| Bill Graham | Jack Gray | Don Heywood | John Hicks |
| Len Ireland | Herb Kent | Jim Kilkenny | Jack Lee |
| Max McLeod | Jim Perry | Ted Pound | Dudley Ridley |
| Frank Spokes | Bill Terrill | Bill Yendle | |
| Ballot 7 covering 1971-1980 – theoretically held in 1985 | |||
| Ron Allinson | Jim Barwick | Brian Crockett | Des Fitzgerald |
| Doug Gilham | Pat McGough | Kevin Mitchell | John Moss |
| Graeme Patterson OAM | Keith Pawley | Reg Pawley | Les Robinson |
| Tom Rossiter | Dick Sankey | Stan Tomlins | Mark Turner |
| Ron Warwick | Darryl Williams | ||
| Ballot 8 covering 1981-1990 – theoretically held in 1995 | |||
| Kevin Barker | Peter Bunworth | Bill Deller OAM | Bob Dunball |
| Bob Gilham | Brian Hood | Bernie Lowden | Terry O’Donnell |
| Leigh Paterson | Brian Pratt | Ian Robinson | Paul Serong |
| Kevin Smith | Geoff Willcox | Murray Williams | |
| Ballot 9 covering 1991-2001 – theoretically held in 2006 | |||
| Peter Cameron | Peter Carey | David Howlett | Leigh Keen |
| Peter McDonald | Chris Mitchell | David Mitchell | Denis Rich AFSM |
| John Russo | Rowan Sawers | Graeme Williams | |
| Ballot 10 covering 2002-2005 was held in 2010 | |||
| Bob Barker | Andrew Coates | Allan Cook | Gavin Dore |
| Doug Gourlay | Frank Hunting | Glenn James OAM | Ted Johnson |
| Clive Macaulay | Peter Matheson | Bryan Sheehan | Ray Sleeth |
| John Sutcliffe | Bill Sutton | ||
| Ballot 11 covering 2006-2010 was held in 2015 | |||
| Brett Allen | Michael Bell | Ian Brown | Frank Gagliardi |
| Darren Goldspink | Colin Hood | Scott McLaren | Gordon Muir |
| Matthew Vitiritti | |||
| Ballot 12 (covering 2011 – 2015) was held in 2020 | |||
| Ian Clayton | Jonathan Creasey | David Dixon | David Flegg AM |
| Daniel Gooch | Rob Haala | Shane Jansen | Hayden Kennedy |
| Steve McBurney | John Morris | Glenn Sinclair | Grant Vernon |
| Luke Walker | Stuart Wenn | ||
| Ballot 13 (covering 2016 – 2018) was held in 2023 | |||
The Hall of Fame criteria | |||
| Rod Davies | Aaron Deckys | Scott Jeffery | Chris Kamolins |
| Shane McInerney | John Morgan | Neville Nash | Troy Pannell |
| Shaun Ryan | Justin Schmitt | Michael Vozzo | |
| State League Inductees: | |||
| Ross Capes | Tom McArthur | ||