Australian Football Hall of Fame#Player inductees
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The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the centenary year of the Australian Football League, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football by players, umpires, media personalities, coaches and administrators. The initial intake included 136 inductees, with twelve awarded Legend status. As of 2025, this figure has grown to more than 300, including 33 Legends.{{Cite web |title=AFL - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results |url=https://www.afl.com.au/hall-of-fame/legends |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=afl.com.au |language=en}} South Australian goal kicking star Ken Farmer became the most recent inductee to be elevated to Legend status in 2025.{{cite news |title=Football's greatest goalkicker Ken Farmer finally becomes a Hall of Fame Legend |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/1336385/footballs-greatest-goalkicker-ken-farmer-finally-becomes-a-hall-of-fame-legend |access-date=10 June 2025 |work=afl.com.au |date=10 June 2025 |language=en}}
Since 2015, anyone involved in the game from its inception in 1858 until at least five years after their retirement are theoretically eligible; however, as of 2024, very few outside the elite leagues—the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL), the West Australian Football League (WAFL), the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), the Challenge Cup of 1870–1876, the South Australian Interclub competition of 1870–1876, and the Victorian Football Association (VFA) of 1877–1896) have been inducted.
Selection
=Selection criteria=
A committee considers candidates on the basis of their ability, integrity, sportsmanship and character. While the number of games played, coached or umpired, or years of service in the case of administrators and media representatives, is a consideration, it alone does not determine eligibility.
Players must be retired from the game for at least five years before they become eligible for induction (extended from three years in 2015),{{cite news |last1=Higgins |first1=Ben |title=Longer HOF wait for retired greats |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/australian-football-hall-of-fame-changes-eligibility-rules-for-retired-players-ng-aa42c42c97d87a5540ea4c4de1f37eb0 |access-date=3 June 2020 |work=PerthNow |date=28 October 2015 }} while coaches, umpires, administrators and media representatives are eligible immediately upon retirement.
The committee considers candidates from all states and territories of Australia and from all Australian football competitions within Australia.
The following excerpt from the official Hall of Fame website highlights the main criteria used by the committee in selecting inductees to the Hall of Fame:
- The Committee shall consider a candidate's outstanding service and overall contribution to the game of Australian Football in determining a candidate's eligibility for induction into the Hall of Fame.
- Without limiting clause 5.1, the Committee may consider a candidate's individual record, ability, integrity, sportsmanship and character.
- The number of football games played, coached or umpired or the years of service provided shall only be a consideration and shall not be determinative in assessing a candidate's eligibility.
- A player, coach, umpire, administrator or media representative involved at any level of Australian Football may be eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame.
- Candidates shall be adjudged on the basis of their overall contribution to Australian Football, as opposed to one specific aspect.
In 2010, several amendments were made to the selection criteria, with key changes including:{{cite web| url = http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl-hall-of-fame-criteria-changes/story-e6frf9if-1225833172036| title = AFL Hall of Fame criteria changes}}
- The maximum number of inductees in any single year reduced from eight to six, to increase the emphasis and honour for those inducted. This change was reversed in 2018.{{cite web |last1=Riley |first1=Beveridge |title=Hall of Fame changes pave way for females to be inducted |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/134896/hall-of-fame-changes-pave-way-for-females-to-be-inducted |website=afl.com.au |access-date=3 June 2020 |language=en |date=16 November 2018}}
- The requirement to induct a minimum of three recently retired players (retired within 10 years of each induction ceremony) reduced to a minimum of two, to ensure older players deserving of induction are represented in proportion. This requirement was removed completely in 2018.
- The requirement to have one inductee from the grouping of categories umpire/administrator/media every year changed to a minimum of one from this category every two years. In 2018, the requirement for people in the media or administration categories to have retired was removed.
- The Hall of Fame selection committee to be independent from the AFL Commission. The wording in the charter has been changed so that the selection committee recommends to the commission for "endorsement" rather than for "approval".
- Selectors would be appointed for an initial term of three years, with two further opportunities to be appointed for subsequent three year terms (total of nine years).
- At least 25 per cent of the selection committee to reside outside of Victoria.
=Selection committee=
The selection committee, as of 2021, comprises the chairman of the AFL Commission Richard Goyder, Paul Marsh (CEO of AFL Players Association), broadcasters (Michelangelo Rucci, Karen Lyon, Bruce McAvaney and Tania Armstrong), and former players (Ross Glendinning, Graham Cornes, Michael O'Loughlin and David Parkin) as well as Mark Genge (statistics/history consultant) and Patrick Keane (secretary).
Previous selectors have included Mike Fitzpatrick, Kevin Bartlett, Brendon Gale, historian Col Hutchinson, and broadcasters Harry Gordon, Geoff Christian, Caroline Wilson, Tim Lane, Mike Sheahan, Patrick Smith, Dennis Cometti and Jim Main.
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| 1996{{Cite book|last=Coventry|first=James|title=Footballistics|publisher=ABC Books|year=2018|isbn=9780733338441|location=Sydney|pages=277}}
|South Australia: Max Basheer. Victoria: Kevin Bartlett, John Kennedy, Lou Richards, Percy Beames, Peter Allen, Mark Patterson, Mike Sheehan, Harry Gordon, Caroline Wilson, Joan Kirner, Tom Reynolds. Western Australia: Geoff Christian. |
| 2009{{Cite book|title=AFL Record Round 9|publisher=AFL Record|year=2009|pages=30}}
|Mike Fitzpatrick, Brian Atkinson, Kevin Bartlett, Brendon Gale, Tim Lane, Jim Main, David Parkin, Tom Reynolds, Mike Sheahan, Patrick Smith, Leigh Whicker, Caroline Wilson. |
| 2013{{Cite web|date=2013-06-04|title=Hall of Fame hits the nation's capital|url=http://aflnswact.com.au/hall-of-fame-hits-the-nations-capital/|access-date=2021-09-07|website=AFL NSW / ACT|language=en-AU}}
|Mike Fitzpatrick, Dennis Cometti, Bruce McAvaney, Michelangelo Rucci, Stephen Phillips, David Parkin, Matt Finnis. |
| 2014{{Cite web|title=About the AFL Hall of Fame|url=https://www.afl.com.au/hall-of-fame/about|access-date=2021-09-07|website=afl.com.au|language=en}}
|South Australia: Bruce McAvaney, Michelangelo Rucci. Victoria: Mike Fitzpatrick, Matt Finnis, Jim Main (1), David Parkin, Stephen Phillips, Col Hutchinson, Patrick Clifton. Western Australia: Dennis Cometti. |
| 2021{{Cite web|title=The AFL Administration|url=https://www.afl.com.au/about-afl/afl-administration|access-date=2021-09-07|website=afl.com.au|language=en}}
|South Australia: Graham Cornes, Bruce McAvaney, Michael O'Loughlin, Patrick Keane, Mark Genge. Victoria: Karen Lyon, David Parkin, Paul Marsh. Western Australia: Richard Goyder, Tania Armstrong, Ross Glendinning. |
Legends
The Legends category is reserved for those who are deemed to have had a significant impact on the game of Australian rules football. Most "Legends" enshrined to date represent former players who played the majority or the whole of their career in the VFL/AFL, with three players in Barrie Robran, Jack Oatey (SANFL) and Merv McIntosh (WAFL) being selected for careers in other state leagues. Being named as a "Legend" of the Australian Football Hall of Fame is the highest honour which can be bestowed onto an individual Australian footballer. As of 2025, there are 33 Legends, less than one in 400 (<0.25%) of all VFL/AFL players, and the feat is considerably rarer when considering other leagues outside of the AFL.{{Cite web |title=All players ranked by win-loss records|url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/biglists/bg11.txt }}
In 2010, several amendments to the Legends category were made to ensure the exclusivity and prestige of the Hall of Fame. Among them were:{{cite web| url = http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/afl/afl-legend-status-even-more-exclusive/story-e6frepf6-1225833168217| title = AFL legend status even more exclusive}}
- The Legends category remains exclusively for recognition of the most significant playing and coaching records
- The number of Legends that can be part of the Hall of Fame remains at a maximum of 10 percent of the total inductees
- Criteria for elevating an inductee to Legend status requires that only ‘playing and coaching’ records be taken into account and not a candidate's overall contribution to the game outside of playing and coaching
In 2023 Barry Cable, who was an inaugural inductee and was elevated to legend status in 2012, had his football honours rescinded after being found guilty of historical child sex abuse.{{Cite web |last=Naglazas |first=Jesinta Burton, Mark |date=2023-06-22 |title=Barry Cable stripped of all honours by WA sporting bodies |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/barry-cable-disappears-from-wa-hall-of-champions-as-committee-mulls-decision-20230622-p5dimu.html |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=WAtoday |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-06-20 |title=Hall of Fame legend Barry Cable to be kicked out, stripped of AFL’s top honour over sexual abuse case |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/hall-of-fame-legend-barry-cable-to-be-kicked-out-stripped-of-afls-top-honour-over-sexual-abuse-case/news-story/838967b1b9c93b8b0f003f71e42a9017 |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Fox Sports |language=en}}
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! data-sort-value="Baldock, Darrel" style="text-align:center" |Darrel BaldockFile:Darrell Baldock representing Tasmanian underage side in Brisbane from The Examiner 30 June 1953 pg 15.png ! style="text-align:center;" |2006 | data-sort-value="123" | 123 games
| {{nts|237}} goals
| data-sort-value="1" | {{nts|5}} premierships | data-sort-value="0" |{{nts|4}} premierships | Representative honours:
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! data-sort-value="Barassi, Ron" style="text-align:center" |Ron Barassi File:17_year_old_Ron_Barassi_Jnr_with_his_fathers_trophies_and_guernsey_from_The_Herald_13_April_1953_pg_16.png ! style="text-align:center" |1996 | data-sort-value="253" | 253 games |{{nts|330}} goals | data-sort-value="6" | {{nts|6}} premierships
| data-sort-value="4" |{{nts|4}} premierships
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! data-sort-value="Bartlett, Kevin" style="text-align:center" |Kevin BartlettFile:Kevin Bartlett.jpg ! style="text-align:center" |2000 | data-sort-value="403" | 403 Games
|{{nts|778}} Goals
| data-sort-value="5" | {{nts|5}} premierships
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!data-sort-value="Blight, Malcolm" style="text-align:center" |Malcolm BlightFile:Malcolm Blight statue Adelaide Oval.jpg !style="text-align:center" |2017 |data-sort-value="342" | 342 Games
|{{nts|803}} Goals
|data-sort-value="1" | {{nts|2}} premierships
|data-sort-value="2" |{{nts|2}} premierships
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! data-sort-value="Bunton, Haydn" style="text-align:center" |Haydn Bunton Sr.File:Haydn Bunton Snr leap.jpg ! style="text-align:center" |1996 | data-sort-value="208" | 208 Games
|{{nts|427}} Goals
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! data-sort-value="Cazaly, Roy" style="text-align:center" |Roy CazalyFile:Roy Cazaly mark.jpg ! style="text-align:center" |1996 | data-sort-value="198" | 198 Games
|{{nts|167}} Goals
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! data-sort-value="Coleman, John" style="text-align:center" |John ColemanFile:742692-john-coleman.jpg ! style="text-align:center" |1996 | data-sort-value="98" | 98 Games
|{{nts|537}} Goals
| data-sort-value="2" | {{nts|2}} premierships
| data-sort-value="2" |{{nts|2}} premierships
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! data-sort-value="Coventry, Gordon" style="text-align:center" |Gordon CoventryFile:Gordon Coventry – unknown date – 1.jpg ! style="text-align:center" |1998 | data-sort-value="306" | 306 Games
|{{nts|1299}} Goals
| data-sort-value="5" | {{nts|5}} premierships
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| data-sort-value="Dunstall, Jason" style="text-align:center" |Jason Dunstall
!2024 |269 Games
|1254 Goals
|4 premierships | |Representative honours:
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! data-sort-value="Dyer, Jack" style="text-align:center" |Jack DyerFile:Jack Dyer.jpg ! style="text-align:center" |1996 | data-sort-value="312" | 312 Games
|{{nts|433}} Goals
| data-sort-value="2" | {{nts|2}} premierships
| data-sort-value="1" |{{nts|1}} premierships
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! data-sort-value="Ebert, Russell" style="text-align:center" |Russell EbertFile:Russell Ebert statue.jpg ! style="text-align:center" |2022 | data-sort-value="417" | 417 Games
|{{nts|309}} Goals
| data-sort-value="3" | {{nts|3}} premierships
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! data-sort-value="Farmer, Graham" style="text-align:center" |Graham FarmerFile:Polly Farmer.jpg ! style="text-align:center" |1996 | data-sort-value="356" |356 Games
|{{nts|227}} Goals
| data-sort-value="6" | {{nts|6}} premierships
| data-sort-value="2" |{{nts|2}} premierships
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! data-sort-value="Farmer, Ken" style="text-align:center" |Ken Farmer File:Ken_Farmer_SANFL.jpg ! style="text-align:center" |2025 | data-sort-value="224" | 224 Games
|{{nts|1417}} Goals
| data-sort-value="2" | {{nts|2}} premierships
| data-sort-value="2" | {{nts|2}} premierships
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! data-sort-value="Hart, Royce" style="text-align:center" |Royce Hart ! style="text-align:center" |2013 | data-sort-value="188" | 188 Games |{{nts|369}} Goals | data-sort-value="4" | {{nts|4}} premierships
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! data-sort-value="Hudson, Peter" style="text-align:center" |Peter Hudson ! style="text-align:center" |1999 | data-sort-value="288" |{{nts|288}} games
|{{nts|1721}} Goals
| data-sort-value="1" |{{nts|2}} premierships | data-sort-value="0" | | Representative Honours:
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! data-sort-value="Hutchison, Bill" style="text-align:center" |Bill HutchisonFile:Bill Hutchison Essendon.jpg ! style="text-align:center" |2003 | data-sort-value="290" | 290 Games
|{{nts|496}} Goals
| data-sort-value="4" | {{nts|4}} premierships
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! data-sort-value="Jesaulenko, Alex" style="text-align:center" |Alex Jesaulenko ! style="text-align:center" |2008 | data-sort-value="279" | 279 Games |{{nts|444}} Goals | data-sort-value="4" | {{nts|4}} premierships
| data-sort-value="1" |{{nts|1}} premierships
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! data-sort-value="Kennedy, John" style="text-align:center" |John Kennedy Sr.File:John Kennedy Sr. statue in front of Waverly Park.jpg ! style="text-align:center" |2020 | data-sort-value="164" | 164 Games
|{{nts|29}} Goals
| data-sort-value="0" | | data-sort-value="3" |{{nts|3}} premierships
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! data-sort-value="Lockett, Tony" style="text-align:center" |Tony Lockett ! style="text-align:center" |2015 | data-sort-value="281" | 281 Games |{{nts|1360}} Goals | data-sort-value="0" | | data-sort-value="0" | | Representative Honours:
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! data-sort-value="Matthews, Leigh" style="text-align:center" |Leigh MatthewsFile:Leigh Matthews Statue MCG.jpg ! style="text-align:center" |1996 | data-sort-value="332" | 332 Games
|{{nts|915}} Goals
| data-sort-value="4" | {{nts|4}} premierships
| data-sort-value="4" |{{nts|4}} premierships
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! data-sort-value="McHale, Jock" style="text-align:center" |Jock McHaleFile:Jock Mchale.jpg ! style="text-align:center" |2005 | data-sort-value="261" | 261 Games
|{{nts|18}} Goals
| data-sort-value="2" | {{nts|2}} premierships
| data-sort-value="8" |{{nts|8}} premierships
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! data-sort-value="McIntosh, Merv" style="text-align:center" |Merv McIntosh File:Merv_Mcintosh_captain_of_WA_from_The_Daily_News_1_July_1947.png ! style="text-align:center" |2021 | data-sort-value="217" | 217 Games
|{{nts|79}} Goals
| data-sort-value="2" | {{nts|1}} premiership
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! data-sort-value="Murray, Kevin" style="text-align:center" |Kevin Murray ! style="text-align:center" |2010 | data-sort-value="377" | 377 Games
|{{nts|71}} Goals
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! data-sort-value="Nicholls, John" style="text-align:center" |John Nicholls ! style="text-align:center" |1996 | data-sort-value="328" | 328 Games
|{{nts|307}} Goals
| data-sort-value="3" | {{nts|3}} premierships
| data-sort-value="1" |{{nts|1}} premierships
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! data-sort-value="Oatey, Jack" style="text-align:center" |Jack Oatey ! style="text-align:center" |2021 | data-sort-value="186" | 186 Games
|{{nts|237}} Goals
| data-sort-value="3" | {{nts|4}} premierships
| data-sort-value="10" |{{nts|10}} premierships | Representative Honours:
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! data-sort-value="Pratt, Bob" style="text-align:center" |Bob PrattFile:BobPrattleaping.jpg ! style="text-align:center" |1996 | data-sort-value="158" | 158 Games
|{{nts|681}} Goals
| data-sort-value="1" | {{nts|1}} premiership
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! data-sort-value="Reynolds, Dick" style="text-align:center" |Dick ReynoldsFile:Dick Reynolds Statue MCG.jpg ! style="text-align:center" |1996 | data-sort-value="320" | 320 Games
|{{nts|442}} Goals
| data-sort-value="4" | {{nts|4}} premierships
| data-sort-value="4" |{{nts|4}} premierships
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! data-sort-value="Robran, Barry" style="text-align:center" |Barrie RobranFile:Barrie Robran Statue.jpg ! style="text-align:center" |2001 | data-sort-value="201" | 201 Games
|{{nts|196}} Goals
| data-sort-value="2" | {{nts|2}} premierships
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! data-sort-value="Sheedy, Kevin" style="text-align:center" |Kevin SheedyFile:Kevin Sheedy signing autographs at Robertson Oval.jpg ! style="text-align:center" |2018 | data-sort-value="251" | 251 Games
|{{nts|91}} Goals
| data-sort-value="3" |{{nts|3}} premierships
| data-sort-value="4" |{{nts|4}} premierships
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! data-sort-value="Skilton, Bob" style="text-align:center" |Bob Skilton ! style="text-align:center" |1996 | data-sort-value="237" | 237 Games
|{{nts|412}} Goals
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! data-sort-value="Smith, Norm" style="text-align:center" |Norm SmithFile:Australian rules footballer Norm Smith.jpg ! style="text-align:center" |2007 | data-sort-value="227" | 227 Games |{{nts|527}} Goals | data-sort-value="4" | {{nts|4}} premierships
| data-sort-value="6" |{{nts|6}} premierships
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! data-sort-value="Stewart, Ian" style="text-align:center" |Ian Stewart ! style="text-align:center" |1997 | data-sort-value="205" | 218 Games |{{nts|80}} Goals | data-sort-value="2" | {{nts|2}} premierships | data-sort-value="0" | | Representative honours:
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! data-sort-value="Whitten, Ted" style="text-align:center" |Ted WhittenFile:Ted Whitten statue.jpg ! style="text-align:center" |1996 | data-sort-value="321" | 321 Games
|{{nts|360}} Goals
| data-sort-value="1" | {{nts|1}} premiership
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Player inductees
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| Player
!Club !State !Playing career !Games played (goals) !Year inducted !Legend status | |
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| rowspan="2" |Gary Ablett Sr.
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1982 |6 (10) | rowspan="2"|2005 | rowspan="2"| | |
| Geelong
|1984–1997 |242 (1021) | |
| John Abley
|1950–1961 |212 (1) |2020 | | |
| Michael Aish
|1979–1993 |307 (449) |2023 | | |
| rowspan="3" |Jason Akermanis
| rowspan="2" |Queensland |1995–1996 |38 (44) | rowspan="3" |2015 |rowspan="3" | | |
| Brisbane Lions
|1997–2006 |210 (263) | |
| Western Bulldogs
|2007–2010 |77 (114) | |
| Glenn Archer
|1992–2007 |311 (148) |2012 | | |
| Graham Arthur
|1955–1968 |232 (201) |1996 | | |
| Allen Aylett
|1952–1964 |220 (311) |1996 | | |
| Gary Ayres
|1978–1993 |269 (70) |1999 | | |
| Paul Bagshaw
|1964–1980 |360 (258) |2016 | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
| rowspan="4" |Darrel Baldock |1962–1968 |119 (237) | rowspan="4" |1996 | rowspan="4" |Legend | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
| rowspan="3" |Tasmania |1955–1958 |71 | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1959–1961, 1969–1973 |158 | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1974 |4 | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
| rowspan="2" |Ron Barassi | rowspan="2" |Victoria |1953–1964 |204 (295) | rowspan="2" |1996 | rowspan="2" |Legend | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1965–1969 |50 (35) | |
| Trevor Barker
|1975–1989 |230 (134) |2019 | | |
| Jimmy Bartel
|2002–2016 |305 (202) |2023 | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1965–1983 |403 (778) |1996 |Legend | |
| Percy Beames
|1931–1944 |213 (323) |1996 | | |
| rowspan="3" |Peter Bedford
| rowspan="3" |Victoria |1965–1967, 1978–1979 |69 | rowspan="3" |1999 |rowspan="3" | | |
| South Melbourne
|1968–1976 |178 (325) | |
| Carlton
|1977–1978 |8 (4) | |
| Vic Belcher
|1907–1915, 1917–1920 |226 (62) | 1996 | | |
| rowspan="3" |Peter Bell
| rowspan="2" |Western Australia |1994–1995, 2009 |49 (58) | rowspan="3" |2015 |rowspan="3" | | |
| Fremantle
|1995, 2001–2008 |163 (130) | |
| North Melbourne
|1996–2000 |123 (120) | |
| Percy Bentley
|1925–1940 |263 (275) | 1996 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Mark Bickley
| rowspan="2" |South Australia |1989–1990 |53 (43) | rowspan="2" |2009 |rowspan="2" | | |
| Adelaide
|1991–2003 |272 (77) | |
| rowspan="2" |Simon Black
|1997 |2 (0) | rowspan="2" |2020 |rowspan="2" | | |
| Brisbane Lions
|1998–2013 |322 (171) | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
| rowspan="2" |Malcolm Blight |1968–1973, 1983–1985 |152 (342) | rowspan="2" |1996 | rowspan="2" |Legend | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1974–1982 |178 (444) | |
| Francis Bourke
|1967–1981 |300 (71) | 1996 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Craig Bradley
|1981–1985 |98 (97) | rowspan="2" |2006 |rowspan="2" | | |
| Carlton
|1986–2002 |375 (247) | |
| rowspan="3" |Dermott Brereton
|1982–1992 |189 (427) | rowspan="3" |1999 |rowspan="3" | | |
| Sydney
|1994 |7 (7) | |
| Collingwood
|1995 |15 (30) | |
| Gavin Brown
|1987–2000 |254 (195) | 2008 | | |
| Jonathan Brown
|2000–2014 |256 (594) | 2020 | | |
| rowspan="3" |Nathan Buckley
|1991–1992 |37 (44) | rowspan="3" |2011 |rowspan="3" | | |
| Brisbane Bears
|1993 |20 (21) | |
| Collingwood
|1994–2007 |260 (263) | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
| rowspan="3" |Haydn Bunton Sr |1931–1937, 1942 |119 (207) | rowspan="3" |1996 | rowspan="3" |Legend | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1938–1941 |72 (190) | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1945 |17 (30) | |
| Nathan Burke
|1987–2003 |323 (123) | 2021 | | |
| rowspan="3" |Peter Burns
| rowspan="3" |Victoria |1885 |2 (5) | rowspan="3" |1996 |rowspan="3" | | |
| South Melbourne
|1885–1891 |126 (100) | |
| Geelong
|1892–1902 |177 (34) | |
| Peter Carey
|1971–1988 |448 (521) | 2009 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Wayne Carey
|1989–2001 |244 (671) | rowspan="2" |2010 |rowspan="2" | | |
| Adelaide
|2003–2004 |28 (56) | |
| rowspan="5" |Terry Cashion
|1939–1941 | | rowspan="5" |2022 |rowspan="5" | | |
| South Melbourne
|1942 | 5 (5) | |
| Clarence
| rowspan="3" |Tasmania |1946–1947 | | |
| Longford
|1948–1951 | | |
| Sandy Bay
|1952–1954 | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
| rowspan="7" |Roy Cazaly | rowspan="2" |Victoria |1911–1920 |99 (39) | rowspan="7" |1996 | rowspan="7" |Legend | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1921–24, 1926–27 |99 (128) | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|City |1928–1930 |51 (62) | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1931 |19 (26) | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1932–1933 |26 (35) | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1934–1936 |47 (41) | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1941 |2 (1) | |
| rowspan="2" |Albert Chadwick
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1920–1928 |141 (45) | rowspan="2" |1996 | | |
| Hawthorn
|1929 |17 (8) | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1949–1954 |98 (537) | rowspan="2" |1996 | rowspan="2" |Legend | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1920–1937 |306 (1299) | |
| rowspan="5" |David Christy
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1885–1888 |44 (18) | rowspan="5" |1996 | | |
| Melbourne
|1891–1896 |88 (67) | | |
| Fremantle (1882)
| rowspan="3" |Western Australia |1896–1897 |11 (1) | | |
| Imperials
|1897 |6 (0) | | |
| East Fremantle
|1898–1912 |196 (191) | | |
| Jack Clarke (Vic)
|1951–1967 |263 (180) | 1996 | | |
| Jack Clarke (WA)
|1952–1962 |206 (6) | 1999 | | |
| Ron Clegg
|1945–1960 |231 (156) | 1996 | | |
| Horrie Clover
|1920–1931 |147 (396) | 1996 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Albert Collier
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1925–1930, 1933–1939 |205 (54) | rowspan="2" | 1996 | | |
| Fitzroy
|1941–1942 |12 (12) | | |
| Harry Collier
|1926–1940 |253 (299) | 1996 | | |
| rowspan="3" |Graham Cornes
| rowspan="2" |South Australia |1967–1982 |317 (339) | rowspan="3" |2012 | | |
| South Adelaide
|1983–1984 |47 (42) | | |
| North Melbourne
|1979 |5 (10) | | |
| George Coulthard
|1876–1882 |87 (57) |1996 | | |
| Syd Coventry
|1922–1934 |227 (62) |1996 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Dean Cox
| rowspan="2" |Western Australia |1999–2003 |26 (9) | rowspan="2" |2020 | | |
| West Coast
|2001–2014 |290 (169) | | |
| Shane Crawford
|1993–2008 |305 (224) |2012 | | |
| rowspan="3" |Vic Cumberland
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1898–1901 |50 (15) | rowspan="3" |1996 | | |
| St Kilda
|1903–1904, 1907–1908, 1912–1915, 1920 |126 (72) | | |
| Sturt
|1909–1911 |37 (33) | | |
| Peter Daicos
|1979–1993 |250 (549) |1999 | | |
| rowspan="2" |John Daly
| rowspan="2" |South Australia |1887–1898 |119 (12) | rowspan="2" |1996 | | |
| West Adelaide
|1899–1904 |56 (9) | | |
| rowspan="2" |Terry Daniher
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1976–1977 |19 (22) | rowspan="2" |1998 | | |
| Essendon
|1978–1992 |294 (447) | | |
| Peter Darley
|1962–1974 | 206 (123) |2025 | | |
| rowspan="3" |Rick Davies
| rowspan="2" |South Australia |1970–1980, 1982–1984 |317 (635) | rowspan="3" |2013 | | |
| South Adelaide
|1985–1986 |33 (146) | | |
| Hawthorn
|1981 |20 (37) | | |
| rowspan="2" |Barry Davis
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1961–1972 |218 (65) | rowspan="2" |1997 | | |
| North Melbourne
|1973–1975 |71 (54) | | |
| Bob Davis
|1948–1958 |189 (141) |1996 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Jim Deane
|1945–1953, 1955–1957 |157 (95) | rowspan="2" |2019 | | |
| Richmond
|1954–1955 |33 (17) | | |
| Bill Dempsey
|1960–1976 |343 (89) |2022 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Gary Dempsey
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1967–1978 |207 (105) | rowspan="2" |1996 | | |
| North Melbourne
|1979–1984 |122 (39) | | |
| David Dench
|1969–1984 |275 (29) |2000 | | |
| Robert DiPierdomenico
|1975–1991 |240 (130) |2007 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Carl Ditterich
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1963–1972, 1976–1978 |203 (156) | rowspan="2" |2004 | | |
| Melbourne
|1973–1975, 1979–1980 |82 (43) | | |
| Brian Dixon
|1954–1968 | |2010 | | |
| George Doig
|1933–1941, 1945 | |2002 | | |
| Bruce Doull
|1969–1986 | |1996 | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
| rowspan="2" |Jason Dunstall |1984 | | rowspan="2" |2002 | rowspan="2" |Legend | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1985–1998 | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1931–1949 | |1996 |Legend | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
| rowspan="2" |Russell Ebert |1968–1978, 1980–1985 | | rowspan="2" |1996 | rowspan="2" |Legend | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1979 | | |
| rowspan=2|Wels Eicke
|rowspan=2|Victoria |1909–1924, 1926 | |rowspan=2|1996 | | |
| North Melbourne
|1925–1926 | | | |
| Corey Enright
|2001–2016 | |2023 | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
| rowspan="3" |Graham 'Polly' Farmer |1953–1961 | | rowspan="3" |1996 | rowspan="3" |Legend | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1962–1967 | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1968–1971 | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1929–1941 | 224 (1417) |1998 | Legend | |
| rowspan="2" |Len Fitzgerald
|1945–1950 | | rowspan="2" |1996 | | |
| Sturt
|1951–1955, 1959–1962 | | | |
| rowspan="3" |Tom Fitzmaurice
| rowspan="3" |Victoria |1918–1924 | | rowspan="3" |1996 | | |
| Geelong
|1925–1928 | | | |
| North Melbourne
|1932–1935 | | | |
| rowspan="2" |Mike Fitzpatrick
|1970–1974 | | rowspan="2" |2022 | | |
| Carlton | Victoria
|1975–1983 | | |
| Fred Flanagan
|1946–1955 | |1998 | | |
| Robert Flower
|1973–1987 | |1996 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Les Foote
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1941–1951 | | rowspan="2" |1996 | | |
| St Kilda
|1954–1955 | | | |
| Des Fothergill
|1937–1947 | |2000 | | |
| Ken Fraser
|1958–1968 | |2001 | | |
| rowspan="3" |Ross Glendinning
| rowspan="2" |Western Australia |1974–1977 | | rowspan="3" |2000 | | |
| West Coast
|1987–1988 | | | |
| North Melbourne
|1977–1986 | | | |
| Bill Goggin
|1958–1971 | |2000 | | |
| Simon Goodwin
|{{AFL Ade}} |1997–2010 |275 (162) |2017 | | |
| Horrie Gorringe
|1914–1930 | |2011 | | |
| rowspan="2"|Michael Graham
|{{SANFL Stu}} |rowspan="2"|1971–1986 |282 (455) |rowspan="2"|2024 |rowspan="2"| | |
| St Mary's
|230 | |
| Chris Grant
|1990–2007 | |2012 | | |
| Carji Greeves
|{{AFL Gee}} |1923–1933 | |1996 | | |
| Keith Greig
|1971–1985 | |1996 | | |
| John Halbert
|1955–1968 | |2017 | | |
| rowspan="3" |Barry Hall
|1996–2001 | | rowspan="3" |2017 | | |
| Sydney
|2002–2009 | | | |
| Western Bulldogs
|2010–2011 | | | |
| Ken Hands
|1945–1957 | |2009 | | |
| Bob Hank
|1945–1958 | |1999 | | |
| rowspan="4" |Brad Hardie
|1979–1984, 1993 |140 (308) | rowspan="4" |2019 | | |
| Footscray
|1985–1986 |47 (28) | | |
| Brisbane Bears
|1987–1991 |101 (192) | | |
| Collingwood
|1992 |2 (2) | | |
| rowspan="2" |Ben Hart
| rowspan="2" |South Australia |1990–1991 | | rowspan="2" |2016 | | |
| Adelaide
|1992–2006 | | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
| rowspan="2" |Royce Hart |1967–1977 | | rowspan="2" |1996 | rowspan="2" |Legend | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1969 | | |
| Brent Harvey
|1996–2016 | |2022 | | |
| Robert Harvey
|1988–2008 | |2012 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Doug Hawkins
| rowspan="2" |Victoria | 1978–1994 | | rowspan="2" |2004 | | |
| Fitzroy
|1995 | | | |
| Lenny Hayes
| 1999–2014 | |2020 | | |
| Lindsay Head
| 1952–1970 | |1996 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Stan Heal
|1939–1953 | | rowspan="2" |2010 | | |
| Melbourne
|1941 | | | |
| rowspan="2" |Gerard Healy
|1979–1985 | | rowspan="2" |2000 | | |
| Sydney
|1986–1990 | | | |
| rowspan="2" |Ern Henfry
|1937–1941, 1945, 1953–1954 | | rowspan="2" |2014 | | |
| Carlton
| 1944, 1947–1952 | | | |
| Reg Hickey
|1926–1940 | |1996 | | |
| James Hird
|1992–2007 | |2011 | | |
| Garry Hocking
|1987–2001 | |2008 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Luke Hodge
|2002-2017 | 305 (193) | rowspan="2" |2025 | rowspan="2" | | |
| Brisbane Lions
| 2018-2019 | 41 (1) | |
| Allan Hopkins
|1925–1934 | |1996 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Verdun Howell
|1953–1957 | | rowspan="2" |2016 | | |
| St Kilda
|1958–1968 | | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
| rowspan="3" |Peter Hudson |1967–1974 | | rowspan="3" |1996 | rowspan="3" |Legend | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1963–1966 | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1975–1976, 1978–1979, 1981 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Ken Hunter
|1975–1980 | | rowspan="2" |2019 | | |
| Carlton
| 1980–1989 | | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1942–1957 | |1996 |Legend | |
| rowspan="2" |Glen Jakovich
| rowspan="2" |Western Australia |1989–1991 |51 (109) | rowspan="2"|2008 | | |
| West Coast
|1991–2004 |276 (60) | | |
| rowspan="3" |Darren Jarman
| rowspan="2" |South Australia |1985–1990 | | rowspan="3" |2007 | | |
| Adelaide
|1996–2001 | | | |
| Hawthorn
|1991–1995 | | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
| rowspan="2" |Alex Jesaulenko | rowspan="2" |Victoria |1967–1979 | | rowspan="2" |1996 | rowspan="2" |Legend | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1980–1981 | | |
| rowspan="4" |Bob Johnson
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1954–1961 | | rowspan="4" |2012 | | |
| Oakleigh
|1970–1973 | | | |
| East Fremantle
| rowspan="2" |Western Australia |1962–1966 | | | |
| Subiaco
|1967 | | | |
| Brad Johnson
|1994–2010 | |2014 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Frank Johnson
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1960–1964 | | rowspan="2" |2007 | | |
| Port Melbourne
|1950–1957 | | | |
| Wayne Johnston
| 1979–1990 | |2018 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Chris Judd
|2002–2007 | | rowspan="2" |2021 | | |
| Carlton
|2008–2015 | | | |
| Paul Kelly
|1990–2002 | |2007 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Dean Kemp
| rowspan="2" |Western Australia |1990–2001 | | rowspan="2" |2007 | | |
| Subiaco
|1989–1991 | | | |
| rowspan="3" |Neil Kerley
| rowspan="3" |South Australia |1952, 1955–1963 | | rowspan="3" |1997 | | |
| South Adelaide
|1964–1966 | | | |
| Glenelg
|1967–1969 | | | |
| rowspan="2" |Stephen Kernahan
| 1981–1985 | | rowspan="2" |2001 | | |
| Carlton
|1986–1997 | | | |
| Peter Knights
|1969–1985 | |1996 | | |
| Anthony Koutoufides
|1992–2007 | |2014 | | |
| Phonse Kyne
|1934–1944, 1946–1950 | |1996 | | |
| Allan La Fontaine
|1934–1942, 1945 | |1996 | | |
| Chris Langford
|1983–1997 | |2009 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Nigel Lappin
| rowspan="2" |Queensland | 1994–1996 | | rowspan="2" |2016 | | |
| Brisbane Lions
|1997–2008 | | | |
| rowspan="2" |Tom Leahy
| rowspan="2" |South Australia | 1905–1909 | | rowspan="2" |2023 | | |
| North Adelaide
|1910–1915, 1919–1921 | | | |
| Dick Lee
|1906–1922 | |1996 | | |
| rowspan="3" |John Leedham
| rowspan="3" |Tasmania |1946-1950, 1953 | | rowspan="3" |2025 | | |
| Campbell Town
|1951-1952 | | | |
| North Hobart
|1954-1959 | | | |
| rowspan="2" |Johnny Lewis
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1925–1935 | | rowspan="2" |1996 | | |
| Melbourne
|1936–1938 | | | |
| Matthew Lloyd
|1995–2009 | |2013 | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
| rowspan="2" |Tony Lockett |1983–1994 | | rowspan="2" |2006, Legend | rowspan="2" |Legend | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1995–1999, 2002 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Michael Long
|1987–1988 | | rowspan="2" |2007 | | |
| Essendon
|1989–2001 | | | |
| Garry Lyon
|1986-1999 |226 (426) |2025 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Tom MacKenzie
| rowspan="2" |South Australia |1900–1904, 1909–1914 | | rowspan="2" |1996 | | |
| North Adelaide
|1905–1908 | | | |
| Simon Madden
|1974–1992 | |1996 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Hassa Mann
|1959–1968 |178 (193) | rowspan="2" |2013 | | |
| South Fremantle
|1969–1971 |62 (133) | | |
| rowspan="2" |Steve Marsh
| rowspan="2" |Western Australia |1945–1956 |226 (418) | rowspan="2" |2006 | | |
| East Fremantle
|1957–1958, 1960 |39 (51) | | |
| rowspan="2" |Denis Marshall
|1958–1963, 1969–1972 | | rowspan="2" |2004 | | |
| Geelong
|1964–1968 | | | |
| rowspan="2" |Peter Matera
| rowspan="2" |Western Australia |1987–1989 |60 (88) | rowspan="2" |2006 | | |
| West Coast
|1990–2002 |253 (217) | | |
| Herbie Matthews
|1932–1945 | |2003 | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1969–1985 | |1996 |Legend | |
| rowspan="3"|Chris McDermott
|{{SANFL Gle}} |rowspan="3"|South Australia |1981–1996 |227 (154) |rowspan="3"| 2024 |rowspan="3"| | |
| {{AFL Ade}}
|1991–1996 |117 (25) | |
| {{SANFL NA}}
|1997 |10 (0) | |
| Rod McGregor
|1905–1912, 1914–1920 | |1996 | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1903–1920 | |1996 |Legend | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1939–1941, 1946–1955 | |1996 |Legend | |
| rowspan="2" |Andrew McLeod
| rowspan="2" |South Australia |1994 | | rowspan="2" |2014 | | |
| Adelaide
|1995–2010 | | | |
| rowspan="2" |Guy McKenna
| rowspan="2" |Western Australia |1985–1987 |50 (5) | rowspan="2" |2009 | | |
| West Coast
|1988–2000 |267 (28) | | |
| rowspan="2" |Peter McKenna
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1965–1975 | | rowspan="2" |1999 | | |
| Carlton
|1977 | | | |
| Dave McNamara
|1905–1923 | |1996 | | |
| Stephen Michael
|1975–1985 |243 (231) |1999 | | |
| rowspan="3" |Dan Minogue
| rowspan="3" |Victoria |1911–1916 | | rowspan="3" |1996 | | |
| Richmond
|1920–1925 | | | |
| Hawthorn
|1926 | | | |
| rowspan="2" |Sam Mitchell | Victoria
|2002–2016 | | rowspan="2" |2023 | |
| West Coast
|2017 | | |
| Bill Mohr
|1929–1941 | |1996 | | |
| rowspan="2" |George Moloney
|1931–1935 | | rowspan="2" |1996 | | |
| Claremont
|1927–1930, 1936–1945 | | | |
| Kelvin Moore
|1970–1984 | |2005 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Peter Moore
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1974–1982 | | rowspan="2" |2005 | | |
| Melbourne
|1983–1987 | | | |
| Dan Moriarty
|1919–1925 | |1996 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Jack Moriarty
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1922 | | rowspan="2" |2004 | | |
| Fitzroy
|1924–1933 | | | |
| Bill Morris
|1942–1951 | |2009 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Graham Moss
|1973–1976 | | rowspan="2" |1996 | | |
| Claremont
|1969–1972, 1977–1985 | | | |
| Geof Motley
|1953–1966 | |2002 | | |
| Jack Mueller
|1934–1950 | |1996 | | |
| rowspan="3" |John Murphy
| rowspan="3" |Victoria |1967–1977 | | rowspan="3" |2006 | | |
| South Melbourne
|1978–1979 | | | |
| North Melbourne
|1979–1980 | | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
| rowspan="2" |Kevin Murray |1955–1964, 1967–1974 | | rowspan="2" |1996 | rowspan="2" |Legend | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1965–1966 | | |
| Ian Nankervis
|1967–1983 | |2005 | | |
| rowspan="3" |Laurie Nash
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1933–1937, 1945 | | rowspan="3" |1996 | | |
| Camberwell
|1938–1941 | | | |
| City
|1930–1932 | | | |
| Bernie Naylor
|1941–1954 |194 (1034) |2018 | | |
| David Neitz
|1993–2008 | |2018 | | |
| John Newman
|1964–1980 | |2002 | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1957–1974 | |1996 |Legend | |
| Michael O'Loughlin
|1995–2009 | |2015 | | |
| Arthur Olliver
|1935–1950 | |2003 | | |
| George Owens
|1917–1932 | 195 (226) |2025 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Charlie Pannam
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1894–1907 | | rowspan="2" |1996 | | |
| Richmond
|1908 | | | |
| rowspan="2" |Matthew Pavlich
|1999 | | rowspan="2" |2022 | | |
| Fremantle
|2000–2016 | | | |
| rowspan="3" |Brian Peake
| rowspan="2" |Western Australia |1972–1981, 1985–1990 | | rowspan="3" |2013 | | |
| Perth
|1990 | | | |
| Geelong
|1981–1984 | | | |
| rowspan="2" |Greg Phillips
|1976–1982, 1987–1993 | | rowspan="2" |2020 | | |
| Collingwood
|1983–1986 | | | |
| rowspan="2" |John Platten
|1981–1985, 1998 |107 (254) | rowspan="2" |2003 | | |
| Hawthorn
|1986–1997 |258 (228) | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1930–1939, 1946 | |1996 |Legend | |
| rowspan="2" |Bernie Quinlan
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1969–1977 | | rowspan="2" |1996 | | |
| Fitzroy
|1978–1986 | | | |
| Bob Quinn
|1933–1940, 1945–1947 | |1996 | | |
| rowspan="3" |John Rantall
| rowspan="3" |Victoria |1963–1972, 1976–1979 | | rowspan="3" |1996 | | |
| North Melbourne
|1973–1975 | | | |
| Fitzroy
|1980 | | | |
| rowspan="3" |Jack 'Dinny' Reedman
| rowspan="3" |South Australia |1887–1888 | | rowspan="3" |1996 | | |
| South Adelaide
|1889–1898 |172 | | |
| North Adelaide
|1899–1907, 1909 |115 | | |
| Jack Regan
|1930–1941, 1943, 1946 | |1996 | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1933–1951 | |1996 |Legend | |
| rowspan="2" |Mark Ricciuto
| rowspan="2" |South Australia |1992–1993 | | rowspan="2" |2011 | | |
| Adelaide
|1993–2007 | | | |
| Lou Richards
|1941–1955 | |1996 | | |
| Matthew Richardson
|1993–2009 | |2014 | | |
| Wayne Richardson
|1966–1978 | |2003 | | |
| Nick Riewoldt
|2001-2017 | 336 (718) |2025 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Maurice Rioli
|1975–1981, 1988–1990 |168 (133) | rowspan="2" |2016 | | |
| Richmond
|1982–1987 |118 (80) | | |
| Neil Roberts
|1952–1962 | |2015 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Austin Robertson Jr.
|1962–1965, 1967–1974 | | rowspan="2" |2015 | rowspan="2" | | |
| South Melbourne
|1966 | | |
| rowspan="3"|Ralph Robertson
|{{AFL Stk}} |1899–1900 |14 (1) |rowspan="3"|2024 |rowspan="3"| | |
| East Sydney
|rowspan="2"|New South Wales |1903–1909 | | |
| North Shore
|1909–1914 | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1967–1980 | |1996 |Legend | |
| rowspan="2" |Paul Roos
|1982–1994 | | rowspan="2" |2005 | | |
| Sydney
|1995–1998 | | | |
| Bob Rose
|1946–1955 | |1996 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Barry Round
|1968–1975 | | rowspan="2" |2001 | | |
| Sydney
|1976–1985 | | | |
| Allan Ruthven
|1940–1954 | |1998 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Paul Salmon
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1983–1995, 2000 | | rowspan="2" |2016 | | |
| Hawthorn
|1996–2000 | | | |
| Matthew Scarlett
|1998–2012 | |2018 | | |
| Wayne Schimmelbusch
|1973–1987 | |1997 | | |
| Ray Schofield
|{{WAFL|WP}} |1946–1958 |259 (169) |2024 | | |
| John Schultz
|1958–1968 | |1996 | | |
| Don Scott
|1967–1981 | |2001 | | |
| Walter Scott
|1920–1932 | |1996 | | |
| Tony Shaw
|1978–1994 | |2010 | | |
| rowspan="3" |Jack Sheedy
| rowspan="2" |Western Australia |1942–1944, 1946–1955 | | rowspan="3" |2001 | | |
| East Perth
|1956–1962 | | | |
| South Melbourne
|1944 | | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1967–1979 | |2008 |Legend | |
| Stephen Silvagni
|1985–2001 | |2005 | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1956–1968, 1970–1971 | |1996 |Legend | |
| Wilfred Smallhorn
|1930–1940 | |2006 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Bernie Smith
|1945–1947 | | rowspan="2" |1996 | | |
| Geelong
|1948–1958 | | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
| rowspan="2" |Norm Smith | rowspan="2" |Victoria |1935–1948 | | rowspan="2" |1996 | rowspan="2" |Legend | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1949–1950 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Ross Smith
|1961–1972, 1975 | | rowspan="2" |2010 | | |
| Subiaco
|1973–1974 | | | |
| rowspan="2" |Ray Sorrell
| rowspan="2" |Western Australia |1956–1963, 1967–1968 |156 (55) | rowspan="2" |2016 | | |
| South Fremantle
|1964–1965 |22 (8) | | |
| Geoff Southby
|1971–1984 | |2000 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Stuart Spencer
|1950–1956 | | rowspan="2" |2005 | | |
| Clarence
|1957–1967 | | | |
| Anthony Stevens
|1989–2004 | |2017 | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
| rowspan="3" |Ian Stewart | rowspan="2" |Victoria |1963–1970 | | rowspan="3" |1996 | rowspan="3" |Legend | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1971–1975 | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1962 | | |
| Jim Stynes
|1987–1998 | |2003 | | |
| Charlie Sutton
|{{AFL Foo}} |1942–1956 | |1996 | | |
| Dane Swan
|{{AFL Col}} |2003–2016 |258 (211) |2024 | | |
| Mark Tandy
|1911–1926 | |1996 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Michael Taylor
|1972–1980, 1985–1987 | | rowspan="2" |2022 | | |
| Collingwood
|1981–1984 | | | |
| Noel Teasdale
|1956–1967 | |2008 | | |
| rowspan="2"|Kelvin Templeton
|{{AFL Foo}} |rowspan="2"|Victoria |1974–1982 |143 (434) |rowspan="2"|2024 |rowspan="2"| | |
| {{AFL Mel}}
|1983–1985 |34 (99) | |
| rowspan="3" |Len Thompson
| rowspan="3" |Victoria |1965–1978 | | rowspan="3" |1998 | | |
| South Melbourne
|1979 | | | |
| Fitzroy
|1980 | | | |
| Vic Thorp
|1910–1925 | |1996 | | |
| Albert Thurgood
|1892–1902, 1906 | |1996 | | |
| Jack Titus
|1926–1943 | |1996 | | |
| George Todd
|1922–1934 | |1996 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Ron Todd
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1935–1939 | | rowspan="2" |2017 | | |
| Williamstown
|1940–1941, 1945–1949 | | | |
| Warren Tredrea
|1996–2010 | |2014 | | |
| William Truscott
|1913–1924 | |1996 | | |
| Michael Tuck
|1972–1991 | |1996 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Des Tuddenham
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1962–1971, 1976–1977 | |2008 | | |
| Essendon
|1972–1975 | |2008 | | |
| Ted Tyson
|1930–1941, 1945 | |2022 | | |
| Harry Vallence
|1926–1938 | |1996 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Michael Voss
| rowspan="2" |Queensland |1992–1996 | | rowspan="2" |2011 | | |
| Brisbane Lions
|1997–2006 | | | |
| rowspan="2" |Doug Wade
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1961–1972 | | rowspan="2" |1996 | | |
| North Melbourne
|1973–1975 | | | |
| Bill Walker
|1961–1976 | |1996 | | |
| rowspan="3" |Terry Wallace
| rowspan="3" |Victoria |1978–1986 | | rowspan="3" |2018 | | |
| Richmond
|1987 | | | |
| Footscray
|1988–1991 | | | |
| rowspan="2" |Robert Walls
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1967–1978 | | rowspan="2" |2006 | | |
| Fitzroy
|1978–1980 | | | |
| rowspan="2" |Gavin Wanganeen
|1990, 1997–2006 | | rowspan="2" |2010 | | |
| Essendon
|1991–1996 | | | |
| Norman Ware
|1932–1946 | |2001 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Ivor Warne-Smith
|1919, 1925–1932 | | rowspan="2" |1996 | | |
| Latrobe
|1920–1924 | | | |
| Colin Watson
|1920, 1922–1925, 1933–1935 | |1996 | | |
| Tim Watson
|1977–1991, 1993–1994 | |2000 | | |
| rowspan="2" |Murray Weideman
|1968–1969 | | rowspan="2" |2007 | | |
| Collingwood
|1953–1963 | | | |
| Dale Weightman
|1978–1993 | |2001 | | |
| Scott West
|1993–2008 | |2013 | | |
| Mel Whinnen
|1960–1977 | |2018 | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1951–1970 | |1996 |Legend | |
| rowspan="3" |Robert Wiley | Western Australia
|1974–78, 1984–88 | 179 (415) | rowspan="3" |2021 | |
| Richmond | Victoria
| 1979–1983 | 95 (127) | |
| West Coast
|1987 |18 (24) | | |
| rowspan="3" |Greg Williams
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1984–1985 | | rowspan="3" |2001 | | |
| Carlton
|1986–1991 | | | |
| Sydney
|1992–1997 | | | |
| rowspan="4" |Mark Williams
| rowspan="2" |South Australia |1976–1978 | | rowspan="4" |2023 | | |
| Port Adelaide
|1979–80, 1990–92 | | | |
| Collingwood
|1981–1986 | | | |
| Brisbane Bears
|1987–1990 | | | |
| Garry Wilson
|1971–1984 | |1999 | | |
| rowspan="3" |Nicky Winmar
|1983–1986 |58 (98) | rowspan="3" |2022 | | |
| St. Kilda
| rowspan="2" |Victoria |1987–1998 |230 (283) | | |
| Western Bulldogs
|1999 |21 (34) | | |
| Jack Worrall
|1884–1893 | |1996 | | |
| Roy Wright
|1946–1959 | |1996 | | |
| Henry Young
|1893–1910 | |1996 | |
Women inductees
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Player
!Club !State !Playing career !Games played (goals) !Year inducted |
|---|
| Debbie Lee
| East Brunswick Scorpions (VWFL) | Victoria | 1991–2014 | 304 (?) | 2021 |
| Daisy Pearce
| Victoria | 2017-2022 (S7) | 55 (25) | 2025 |
| Erin Phillips
| Adelaide (AFLW) | 2017–2022 (S6) | 46 (50) | 2025 |
Coach inductees
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Coach
!Clubs coached !Record (W–L–D) ! colspan="2" |Premierships coached ! Year inducted !Legend status |
|---|
| rowspan="6" |Haydn Bunton Jr
|101 (52–48–1) | | rowspan="6" align="center" |5 | rowspan="6" align="center" |1996 | |
| Launceston
|16 (6–10–0) | | |
| Swan Districts
|92 (55–35–2) | |
| Subiaco
|314 (168–145–1) | |
| South Adelaide
|179 (84–93–2) | | |
| Sturt
|42 (9–33–0) | | |
| rowspan="4" |John Cahill
|465 (330–129–6) |1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995 | rowspan="4" align="center" |10 | rowspan="4" align="center" |2002 | |
| Collingwood
|47 (27–20–0) | | |
| West Adelaide
|69 (34–35–0) | | |
| South Adelaide
|20 (5–14–1) | | |
| rowspan="4" |Tom Hafey
|248 (173–73–2) | rowspan="4" align="center" |4 | rowspan="4" align="center" |1996 | |
| Collingwood
|138 (89–47–2) | | |
| Geelong
|66 (31–35–0) | | |
| Sydney
|70 (43–27–0) | | |
| rowspan="2" |Frank Hughes
|120 (87–31–2) |1932 | rowspan="2" align="center" |5 | rowspan="2" align="center" |1996 | |
| Melbourne
|254 (157–95–2) | |
| rowspan="3" |Allan Jeans
|332 (193–138–1) |1966 | rowspan="3" align="center" |4 | rowspan="3" align="center" |1996 | |
| Hawthorn
|221 (159–61–1) | |
| Richmond
|22 (5–17–0) | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
| rowspan="2" |John Kennedy Sr |299 (181–116–2) | rowspan="2" align="center" |3 | rowspan="2" align="center" |1996 | rowspan="2" |Legend |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|113 (55–55–3) | |
| rowspan="3" |Johnny Leonard
|19 (13–6–0) | | rowspan="3" align="center" |5 | rowspan="3" align="center" |1996 | |
| West Perth
|66 (43–22–1) | |
| Claremont
|109 (65–43–1) | |
| rowspan="4" |Mick Malthouse
|135 (67–66–2) | | rowspan="4" align="center" |3 | rowspan="4" align="center" |2019 | |
| West Coast
|243(156–85–2) | |
| Collingwood
|286 (163–121–2) |2010 | |
| Carlton
|54 (20–33–1) | | |
| rowspan="2" |Phillip Matson
|1913–1914 |1913 | rowspan="2" align="center" |8 | rowspan="2" align="center" |2004 | |
| East Perth
|1918–1924, 1926–1928 |1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927 | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|rowspan="3" |Jack Oatey |229 (147–81–1) | rowspan="3" align="center" |10 | rowspan="3" align="center" |1996 | rowspan="3" |Legend |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|78 (52–26–0) | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|470 (314–152–4) |
| rowspan="3" |David Parkin
|94 (57–37–0) |1978 | rowspan="3" align="center" |4 | rowspan="3" align="center" |2002 | |
| Carlton
|355 (219–134–2) | |
| Fitzroy
|69 (30–39–0) | | |
| rowspan="2" |Jack Sheedy
|39 (23–16–0) | | rowspan="2" align="center" |2 | rowspan="2" align="center" |2001 | |
| East Perth
|223 (149–72–3) | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
| rowspan="2" |Kevin Sheedy |634 (386–242–6) | rowspan="2" align=center|4 | rowspan="2" align="center" |2008 | rowspan="2" |Legend |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|44 (3–41–0) | |
| rowspan="4" |John Todd
|417 (217–200–0) | rowspan="4" align="center" |6 | rowspan="4" align="center" |2003 | |
| East Fremantle
|87 (45–41–1) |1974 | |
| South Fremantle
|172 (83–88–1) |1997 | |
| West Coast
|45 (20–25–0) | | |
| rowspan="3" |Fos Williams
|447 (333–112–2) |1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1965 | rowspan="3" align="center"|9 | rowspan="3" align="center" | 1996 | |
| West Adelaide
|109 (42–67–0) | | |
| South Adelaide
|18 (3–15–0) | | |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
| rowspan="3" |Norm Smith |55 (30–23–2) | | rowspan="3" align="center" |6 | rowspan="3" align="center" |1996 | rowspan="3" |Legend |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|310 (97–108–5) |
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|87 (26–61–0) | |
Umpires
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- Brett Allen (VFL/AFL)
- Ken Aplin (SANFL)
- Henry "Ivo" Crapp (VFA, VFL, WAFL)
- Jeff Crouch (VFL)
- Bill Deller (VFL)
- Jack Elder (VFL)
- Tom McArthur (QAFL)
- Jack McMurray Sr. (VFA, VFL, NTFA)
- Jack McMurray Jr. (VFL)
- George Owens (WANFL)
- Ian Robinson (VFL)
- Rowan Sawers (VFL/AFL)
- Bob Scott (VFL)
- Ray Scott (WANFL)
- Bryan Sheehan (VFL/AFL)
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Media
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- Norman Banks (Radio, Victoria)
- Harry Beitzel (Radio and print, Victoria)
- Alf Brown (Print, Victoria)
- Hugh Buggy (Print, Victoria)
- Ron Casey (Radio and television, Victoria)
- Tony Charlton (Radio and television, Victoria)
- Geoff Christian (Radio and print, Western Australia)
- Dennis Cometti (Radio and television, National)
- Hector DeLacy (Print, Victoria)
- Bruce McAvaney (Radio and television, National)
- Reginald Wilmot (Print, Victoria)
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Administrators
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- Bruce Andrew ({{AFL Col}}, ANFC)
- Max Basheer (SANFL)
- Charles Brownlow ({{AFL Gee}}, VFL, ANFC)
- Ron Evans ({{AFL Ess}}, AFL)
- Jack Hamilton (VFL)
- Bob Hammond (Adelaide, AFL){{cite news|last1=Rucci|first1=Michaelangelo|title=AFL Hall of Fame 2015: Bob Hammond enters the AFL Hall of Fame on back of off-field service|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/afl-hall-of-fame-2015-bob-hammond-enters-the-afl-hall-of-fame-on-back-of-off-field-service/story-fnia3v71-1227383574633|access-date=4 June 2015|agency=Herald Sun|publisher=News Corporation|date=4 June 2015}}
- H. C. A. Harrison ({{AFL Mel}}, VFA)
- Thomas Hill (Norwood, SANFL, ANFC)
- Sir Kenneth Luke ({{AFL Car}}, VFL)
- Likely 'Like' McBrien (South Melbourne, VFL)
- Bob McLean (Port Adelaide, SANFL)
- Dr William C. McClelland ({{AFL Mel}}, VFL)
- Eric McCutchan (VFL)
- Ross Oakley (VFL/AFL)
- Pat Rodriguez (Claremont, WAFL, ANFC)
- Tom Wills ({{AFL Mel}})
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Pioneers
Induction ceremony
Every year there is a special Hall of Fame dinner to announce and welcome the new inductees to the Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame inductions started in Melbourne in 1996 to celebrate the VFL-AFL centenary season. Ceremonies have only been held outside of Victoria twice, once at Canberra in 2013 and once at Adelaide in 2017.{{cite web| url = http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/local-footy-sa/sanfl/sas-chances-of-hosting-australian-football-hall-of-fame-dinner-next-year-hinge-on-state-government-support/news-story/103cb516452f89dfd1c0e0aa13980916| title = Reference at www.adelaidenow.com.au}}
In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the usual annual induction event was not held, and instead the new inductees and legend elevation were announced over four nights in a series of television shows.{{cite web |title=Four-night extravaganza: Hall of Fame locked in |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/434008/four-night-extravaganza-hall-of-fame-locked-in |website=afl.com.au |access-date=3 June 2020 | first=Callum|last=Twomey|date=25 May 2020}}
= Induction locations =
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- 1996: Melbourne, VIC
- 1997: Melbourne, VIC
- 1998: Melbourne, VIC
- 1999: Melbourne, VIC
- 2000: Melbourne, VIC
- 2001: Melbourne, VIC
- 2002: Melbourne, VIC
- 2003: Melbourne, VIC
- 2004: Melbourne, VIC
- 2005: Melbourne, VIC
- 2006: Melbourne, VIC
- 2007: Melbourne, VIC
- 2008: Melbourne, VIC
- 2009: Melbourne, VIC
- 2010: Melbourne, VIC
- 2011: Melbourne, VIC
- 2012: Melbourne, VIC – (Crown)
- 2013: Canberra, ACT – (Old Parliament House)
- 2014: Melbourne, VIC – (Crown)
- 2015: Melbourne, VIC – (Crown)
- 2016: Melbourne, VIC – (Crown)
- 2017: Adelaide, SA – (Adelaide Oval)
- 2018: Melbourne, VIC – (Crown)
- 2019: Melbourne, VIC – (Crown)
- 2020: Televised event only (COVID-19 pandemic)
- 2021: Televised event only (COVID-19 pandemic)
- 2022: Melbourne, VIC – (Crown)
- 2023: Melbourne, VIC – (Crown)
- 2024: Melbourne, VIC – (Centrepiece)
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Criticism
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The Hall of Fame has been criticised by football writers and historians for being heavily biased towards figures from Victoria.{{cite web| url = http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/latest/9623554/vics-play-favourites-as-peake-on-bench/| title = Vics play favourites as Peake on bench}} – The West Australian. Published 11 June 2011. Written by Mark Duffield. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
The initial selection committee was made up of 11 Victorians, one South Australian and one Western Australian, with the current selection committee being made up of six Victorians, two Western Australians and one South Australian. Of the 136 inaugural inductees into the Hall of Fame, 116 played substantial parts of their careers in Victoria, with eleven of the thirteen "Legends" from Victoria.{{cite web| url = http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/afl_hall_of_fame_%27see_victoria%27.htm| title = AFL Hall of Fame – See Victoria| access-date = 7 October 2011| archive-date = 6 August 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110806073907/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/afl_hall_of_fame_%27see_victoria%27.htm| url-status = usurped}} – FullPointsFooty. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
Criticism has also been slated at the under-representation of pioneers and other early stars of the game, as Adam Cardosi wrote in 2014:Cardosi, Adam (12 March 2014). {{cite web| url = http://australianfootball.com/articles/view/Neglected%2Bheroes%253A%2BThe%2Bsad%2Bcase%2Bof%2Bthe%2BAustralian%2BFootball%2BHall%2Bof%2BFame/802| title = "Neglected heroes: The sad case of the Australian Football Hall of Fame"}}, Australian Football. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
{{blockquote|If we take the HOF at face value, footy legends only started to appear in number from the 1930s, and reached a high point in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Thus, according to the HOF's reckoning, the first sixty five years of the game is worth one legend, while the next sixty five years is worth 24 legends.}} In 2018, the same criticism was levelled by ABC sport reporter James Coventry, who mentioned that over 60% of Legends inducted were either playing or coaching in 1969.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/JCoventry/status/1001452799014551552|title=JCoventry/status|last=Coventry|first=James|date=29 May 2018|website=Twitter|access-date=1 June 2018}}
{{blockquote|I would never suggest Kevin Sheedy is not a worthy Legend, he absolutely is, but you have to think something's gone seriously wrong with past selection for the #HallofFame to now be in a position where 17 of its 28 Legends were active in 1969.}}
Declined inductions
In 2021, Garry McIntosh and Adam Goodes both declined their nominations to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Goodes declined due to the lack of support and remedial action taken by the AFL in response to the racial abuse he had endured in his final years playing in the AFL,{{Cite web|date=2021-06-08|title=Adam Goodes declines Hall of Fame honour|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-08/adam-goodes-declines-hall-of-fame-honour-afl/100198050|access-date=2021-06-08|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU}}{{Cite web|date=2021-06-08|title='Our game did not do enough': AFL confirms Adam Goodes' Hall of Fame rejection|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-news-2021-adam-goodes-hall-of-fame-rejection-racism-list-of-achievements-booing-australian-of-the-year-where-is-he-now/news-story/62c88f7a3131ab506a7294a169e5db26|access-date=2021-06-08|website=Fox Sports|language=en}} while McIntosh stated that "he did not play the game for personal honours".{{cite news|publisher=ABC News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-24/afl-debbie-lee-first-woman-to-join-hall-of-fame/100404488|date=24 August 2021|title=Debbie Lee becomes first woman to join Australian Football Hall of Fame, Chris Judd and Nathan Burke also inducted}}
Removed inductees
Barry Cable was removed from the Hall of Fame in 2023 and his Legend Status was revoked after he was found civilly liable in a sexual abuse lawsuit.{{Cite web|date=2023-06-23|title=AFL removes Barry Cable from Hall of Fame, revokes Legend status|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/957823/afl-removes-barry-cable-from-hall-of-fame-revokes-legend-status|access-date=2023-06-27|website=www.afl.com.au|language=en-AU}}
See also
- Australian Capital Territory Football Hall of Fame [http://www.foxsportspulse.com/trophyroom.cgi?c=7-1051-0-0-0&a=tr_hb ACT] (Est. 2006)
- New South Wales Football Hall of Fame [http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=0-1047-0-0-0&sID=55921&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=4877996 NSW] (Est. 2003)
- Northern Territory Football Hall of Fame [http://www.aflnt.com.au/index.php?id=147 NT] (Est. 2010)
- Queensland Football Hall of Fame [http://www.aflq.com.au/hall-of-fame/ QLD] (Est. 2008)
- South Australian Football Hall of Fame (Est. 2002)
- Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame (Est. 2005)
- West Australian Football Hall of Fame (Est. 2004)
References
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- {{Cite book |last=Ross |first=John |title=The Australian Football Hall of Fame |year=1999 |publisher=HarperCollinsPublishers |location=Australia |isbn=0-7322-6426-X }}
External links
- [http://www.afl.com.au/news/event-news/hall-of-fame Australian Football Hall of Fame official website]
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