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Australian Football Hall of Fame

Field	Value
name	Australian Football Hall of Fame
image	File:Australian_Football_Hall_of_Fame_logo.svg
imagesize	170
established	1996
type	Professional sports hall of fame
president	Richard Goyder (chairman)
website

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. South Australian goal kicking star Ken Farmer became the most recent inductee to be elevated to Legend status in 2025.

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 2025, 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, 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), 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:

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.
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.

Australian Football Hall of Fame selectors	Induction	Selectors
1996	South Australia: Max Basheer.
2009	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	Mike Fitzpatrick, Dennis Cometti, Bruce McAvaney, Michelangelo Rucci, Stephen Phillips, David Parkin, Matt Finnis.
2014	South Australia: Bruce McAvaney, Michelangelo Rucci.
2021	South Australia: Graham Cornes, Bruce McAvaney, Michael O'Loughlin, Patrick Keane, Mark Genge.

Legends

The Legends category is reserved for those who are deemed to have had a significant impact on the game of Australian rules football. To date, most enshrined "Legends" 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 (

In 2010, several amendments to the Legends category were made to ensure the exclusivity and prestige of the Hall of Fame. Among them were:

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.

Legends	Inductee	Year elevated	Games	Goals	Premierships
123 games	goals	premierships	premierships
253 games	goals	premierships	premierships
403 Games	Goals	premierships
342 Games	Goals	premierships	premierships	Representative Honours:
208 Games	Goals			Representative Honours:
198 Games	Goals
98 Games	Goals	premierships	premierships
306 Games	Goals	premierships
269 Games	1254 Goals	4 premierships		Representative honours:
312 Games	Goals	premierships	premierships
417 Games	Goals	premierships
356 Games	Goals	premierships	premierships
224 Games	Goals	premierships	premierships
188 Games	Goals	premierships
games	Goals	premierships
290 Games	Goals	premierships
279 Games	Goals	premierships	premierships
164 Games	Goals		premierships
281 Games	Goals
332 Games	Goals	premierships	premierships
261 Games	Goals	premierships	premierships
217 Games	Goals	premiership
377 Games	Goals				Representative Honours:
328 Games	Goals	premierships	premierships
186 Games	Goals	premierships	premierships
158 Games	Goals	premiership
320 Games	Goals	premierships	premierships
201 Games	Goals	premierships
251 Games	Goals	premierships	premierships
237 Games	Goals
227 Games	Goals	premierships	premierships
218 Games	Goals	premierships
321 Games	Goals	premiership

Player inductees

Player	Club	State	Playing career	Games played (goals)	Year inducted	Legend status
Gary Ablett Sr.	Hawthorn	Victoria	1982	6 (10)	2005
Geelong	1984–1997	242 (1021)
John Abley	Port Adelaide	South Australia	1950–1961	212 (1)	2020
Michael Aish	Norwood	South Australia	1979–1993	307 (449)	2023
Jason Akermanis	Brisbane Bears	Queensland	1995–1996	38 (44)	2015
Brisbane Lions	1997–2006	210 (263)
Western Bulldogs	Victoria	2007–2010	77 (114)
Glenn Archer	North Melbourne	Victoria	1992–2007	311 (148)	2012
Graham Arthur	Hawthorn	Victoria	1955–1968	232 (201)	1996
Allen Aylett	North Melbourne	Victoria	1952–1964	220 (311)	1996
Gary Ayres	Hawthorn	Victoria	1978–1993	269 (70)	1999
Paul Bagshaw	Sturt	South Australia	1964–1980	360 (258)	2016
Darrel Baldock	St Kilda	Victoria	1962–1968	119 (237)	1996	Legend
East Devonport	Tasmania	1955–1958	71
La Trobe	1959–1961, 1969–1973	158
New Norfolk	1974	4
Ron Barassi	Melbourne	Victoria	1953–1964	204 (295)	1996	Legend
Carlton	1965–1969	50 (35)
Trevor Barker	St Kilda	Victoria	1975–1989	230 (134)	2019
Jimmy Bartel	Geelong	Victoria	2002–2016	305 (202)	2023
Kevin Bartlett	Richmond	Victoria	1965–1983	403 (778)	1996	Legend
Percy Beames	Melbourne	Victoria	1931–1944	213 (323)	1996
Peter Bedford	Port Melbourne	Victoria	1965–1967, 1978–1979	69	1999
South Melbourne	1968–1976	178 (325)
Carlton	1977–1978	8 (4)
Vic Belcher	South Melbourne	Victoria	1907–1915, 1917–1920	226 (62)	1996
Peter Bell	South Fremantle	Western Australia	1994–1995, 2009	49 (58)	2015
Fremantle	1995, 2001–2008	163 (130)
North Melbourne	Victoria	1996–2000	123 (120)
Percy Bentley	Richmond	Victoria	1925–1940	263 (275)	1996
Mark Bickley	South Adelaide	South Australia	1989–1990	53 (43)	2009
Adelaide	1991–2003	272 (77)
Simon Black	East Fremantle	Western Australia	1997	2 (0)	2020
Brisbane Lions	Queensland	1998–2013	322 (171)
Malcolm Blight	Woodville	South Australia	1968–1973, 1983–1985	152 (342)	1996	Legend
North Melbourne	Victoria	1974–1982	178 (444)
Francis Bourke	Richmond	Victoria	1967–1981	300 (71)	1996
Craig Bradley	Port Adelaide	South Australia	1981–1985	98 (97)	2006
Carlton	Victoria	1986–2002	375 (247)
Dermott Brereton	Hawthorn	Victoria	1982–1992	189 (427)	1999
Sydney	New South Wales	1994	7 (7)
Collingwood	Victoria	1995	15 (30)
Gavin Brown	Collingwood	Victoria	1987–2000	254 (195)	2008
Jonathan Brown	Brisbane Lions	Queensland	2000–2014	256 (594)	2020
Nathan Buckley	Port Adelaide	South Australia	1991–1992	37 (44)	2011
Brisbane Bears	Queensland	1993	20 (21)
Collingwood	Victoria	1994–2007	260 (263)
Haydn Bunton Sr	Fitzroy	Victoria	1931–1937, 1942	119 (207)	1996	Legend
Subiaco	Western Australia	1938–1941	72 (190)
Port Adelaide	South Australia	1945	17 (30)
Nathan Burke	St. Kilda	Victoria	1987–2003	323 (123)	2021
Peter Burns	Ballarat Imperial	Victoria	1885	2 (5)	1996
South Melbourne	1885–1891	126 (100)
Geelong	1892–1902	177 (34)
Peter Carey	Glenelg	South Australia	1971–1988	448 (521)	2009
Wayne Carey	North Melbourne	Victoria	1989–2001	244 (671)	2010
Adelaide	South Australia	2003–2004	28 (56)
Terry Cashion	New Town	Tasmania	1939–1941		2022
South Melbourne	Victoria	1942	5 (5)
Clarence	Tasmania	1946–1947
Longford	1948–1951
Sandy Bay	1952–1954
Roy Cazaly	St Kilda	Victoria	1911–1920	99 (39)	1996	Legend
South Melbourne	1921–24, 1926–27	99 (128)
City	Tasmania	1928–1930	51 (62)
Preston	Victoria	1931	19 (26)
North Hobart	Tasmania	1932–1933	26 (35)
Glenorchy (New Town)	Tasmania	1934–1936	47 (41)
Camberwell	Victoria	1941	2 (1)
Albert Chadwick	Melbourne	Victoria	1920–1928	141 (45)	1996
Hawthorn	1929	17 (8)
David Christy	Ballarat	Victoria	1885–1888	44 (18)	1996
Melbourne	1891–1896	88 (67)
Fremantle (1882)	Western Australia	1896–1897	11 (1)
Imperials	1897	6 (0)
East Fremantle	1898–1912	196 (191)
Jack Clarke (Vic)	Essendon	Victoria	1951–1967	263 (180)	1996
Jack Clarke (WA)	East Fremantle	Western Australia	1952–1962	206 (6)	1999
Ron Clegg	South Melbourne	Victoria	1945–1960	231 (156)	1996
Horrie Clover	Carlton	Victoria	1920–1931	147 (396)	1996
John Coleman	Essendon	Victoria	1949–1954	98 (537)	1996	Legend
Gordon Coventry	Collingwood	Victoria	1920–1937	306 (1299)
Albert Collier	Collingwood	Victoria	1925–1930, 1933–1939	205 (54)	1996
Fitzroy	1941–1942	12 (12)
Harry Collier	Collingwood	Victoria	1926–1940	253 (299)	1996
Graham Cornes	Glenelg	South Australia	1967–1982	317 (339)	2012
South Adelaide	1983–1984	47 (42)
North Melbourne	Victoria	1979	5 (10)
George Coulthard	Carlton	Victoria	1876–1882	87 (57)	1996
Syd Coventry	Collingwood	Victoria	1922–1934	227 (62)	1996
Dean Cox	East Perth	Western Australia	1999–2003	26 (9)	2020
West Coast	2001–2014	290 (169)
Shane Crawford	Hawthorn	Victoria	1993–2008	305 (224)	2012
Vic Cumberland	Melbourne	Victoria	1898–1901	50 (15)	1996
St Kilda	1903–1904, 1907–1908, 1912–1915, 1920	126 (72)
Sturt	South Australia	1909–1911	37 (33)
Peter Daicos	Collingwood	Victoria	1979–1993	250 (549)	1999
John Daly	Norwood	South Australia	1887–1898	119 (12)	1996
West Adelaide	1899–1904	56 (9)
Terry Daniher	South Melbourne	Victoria	1976–1977	19 (22)	1998
Essendon	1978–1992	294 (447)
Peter Darley	South Adelaide	South Australia	1962–1974	206 (123)	2025
Rick Davies	Sturt	South Australia	1970–1980, 1982–1984	317 (635)	2013
South Adelaide	1985–1986	33 (146)
Hawthorn	Victoria	1981	20 (37)
Barry Davis	Essendon	Victoria	1961–1972	218 (65)	1997
North Melbourne	1973–1975	71 (54)
Bob Davis	Geelong	Victoria	1948–1958	189 (141)	1996
Jim Deane	South Adelaide	South Australia	1945–1953, 1955–1957	157 (95)	2019
Richmond	Victoria	1954–1955	33 (17)
Bill Dempsey	West Perth	Western Australia	1960–1976	343 (89)	2022
Gary Dempsey	Western Bulldogs (Footscray)	Victoria	1967–1978	207 (105)	1996
North Melbourne	1979–1984	122 (39)
David Dench	North Melbourne	Victoria	1969–1984	275 (29)	2000
Robert DiPierdomenico	Hawthorn	Victoria	1975–1991	240 (130)	2007
Carl Ditterich	St Kilda	Victoria	1963–1972, 1976–1978	203 (156)	2004
Melbourne	1973–1975, 1979–1980	82 (43)
Brian Dixon	Melbourne	Victoria	1954–1968		2010
George Doig	East Fremantle	Western Australia	1933–1941, 1945		2002
Bruce Doull	Carlton	Victoria	1969–1986		1996
Jason Dunstall	Coorparoo	Queensland	1984		2002	Legend
Hawthorn	Victoria	1985–1998
Jack Dyer	Richmond	Victoria	1931–1949		1996	Legend
Russell Ebert	Port Adelaide	South Australia	1968–1978, 1980–1985		1996	Legend
North Melbourne	Victoria	1979
Wels Eicke	St Kilda	Victoria	1909–1924, 1926		1996
North Melbourne	1925–1926
Corey Enright	Geelong	Victoria	2001–2016		2023
Graham 'Polly' Farmer	East Perth	Western Australia	1953–1961		1996	Legend
Geelong	Victoria	1962–1967
West Perth	Western Australia	1968–1971
Ken Farmer	North Adelaide	South Australia	1929–1941	224 (1417)	1998	Legend
Len Fitzgerald	Collingwood	Victoria	1945–1950		1996
Sturt	South Australia	1951–1955, 1959–1962
Tom Fitzmaurice	Essendon	Victoria	1918–1924		1996
Geelong	1925–1928
North Melbourne	1932–1935
Mike Fitzpatrick	Subiaco	Western Australia	1970–1974		2022
Carlton		Victoria	1975–1983
Fred Flanagan	Geelong	Victoria	1946–1955		1998
Robert Flower	Melbourne	Victoria	1973–1987		1996
Les Foote	North Melbourne	Victoria	1941–1951		1996
St Kilda	1954–1955
Des Fothergill	Collingwood	Victoria	1937–1947		2000
Ken Fraser	Essendon	Victoria	1958–1968		2001
Ross Glendinning	East Perth	Western Australia	1974–1977		2000
West Coast	1987–1988
North Melbourne	Victoria	1977–1986
Bill Goggin	Geelong	Victoria	1958–1971		2000
Simon Goodwin		South Australia	1997–2010	275 (162)	2017
Horrie Gorringe	Cananore	Tasmania	1914–1930		2011
Michael Graham		South Australia	1971–1986	282 (455)	2024
St Mary's	Northern Territory	230
Chris Grant	Western Bulldogs (Footscray)	Victoria	1990–2007		2012
Carji Greeves		Victoria	1923–1933		1996
Keith Greig	North Melbourne	Victoria	1971–1985		1996
John Halbert	Sturt	South Australia	1955–1968		2017
Barry Hall	St Kilda	Victoria	1996–2001		2017
Sydney	New South Wales	2002–2009
Western Bulldogs	Victoria	2010–2011
Ken Hands	Carlton	Victoria	1945–1957		2009
Bob Hank	West Torrens	South Australia	1945–1958		1999
Brad Hardie	South Fremantle	Western Australia	1979–1984, 1993	140 (308)	2019
Footscray	Victoria	1985–1986	47 (28)
Brisbane Bears	Queensland	1987–1991	101 (192)
Collingwood	Victoria	1992	2 (2)
Ben Hart	North Adelaide	South Australia	1990–1991		2016
Adelaide	1992–2006
Royce Hart	Richmond	Victoria	1967–1977		1996	Legend
Glenelg	South Australia	1969
Brent Harvey	North Melbourne	Victoria	1996–2016		2022
Robert Harvey	St Kilda	Victoria	1988–2008		2012
Doug Hawkins	Western Bulldogs (Footscray)	Victoria	1978–1994		2004
Fitzroy	1995
Lenny Hayes	St Kilda	Victoria	1999–2014		2020
Lindsay Head	West Torrens	South Australia	1952–1970		1996
Stan Heal	West Perth	Western Australia	1939–1953		2010
Melbourne	Victoria	1941
Gerard Healy	Melbourne	Victoria	1979–1985		2000
Sydney	New South Wales	1986–1990
Ern Henfry	Perth	Western Australia	1937–1941, 1945, 1953–1954		2014
Carlton	Victoria	1944, 1947–1952
Reg Hickey	Geelong	Victoria	1926–1940		1996
James Hird	Essendon	Victoria	1992–2007		2011
Garry Hocking	Geelong	Victoria	1987–2001		2008
Luke Hodge	Hawthorn	Victoria	2002-2017	305 (193)	2025
Brisbane Lions	Queensland	2018-2019	41 (1)
Allan Hopkins	Western Bulldogs (Footscray)	Victoria	1925–1934		1996
Verdun Howell	City South	Tasmania	1953–1957		2016
St Kilda	Victoria	1958–1968
Peter Hudson	Hawthorn	Victoria	1967–1974		1996	Legend
New Norfolk	Tasmania	1963–1966
Glenorchy	Tasmania	1975–1976, 1978–1979, 1981
Ken Hunter	Claremont	Western Australia	1975–1980		2019
Carlton	Victoria	1980–1989
Bill Hutchison	Essendon	Victoria	1942–1957		1996	Legend
Glen Jakovich	South Fremantle	Western Australia	1989–1991	51 (109)	2008
West Coast	1991–2004	276 (60)
Darren Jarman	North Adelaide	South Australia	1985–1990		2007
Adelaide	1996–2001
Hawthorn	Victoria	1991–1995
Alex Jesaulenko	Carlton	Victoria	1967–1979		1996	Legend
St Kilda	1980–1981
Bob Johnson	Melbourne	Victoria	1954–1961		2012
Oakleigh	1970–1973
East Fremantle	Western Australia	1962–1966
Subiaco	1967
Brad Johnson	Western Bulldogs (Footscray)	Victoria	1994–2010		2014
Frank Johnson	South Melbourne	Victoria	1960–1964		2007
Port Melbourne	1950–1957
Wayne Johnston	Carlton	Victoria	1979–1990		2018
Chris Judd	West Coast	Western Australia	2002–2007		2021
Carlton	Victoria	2008–2015
Paul Kelly	Sydney	New South Wales	1990–2002		2007
Dean Kemp	West Coast	Western Australia	1990–2001		2007
Subiaco	1989–1991
Neil Kerley	West Adelaide	South Australia	1952, 1955–1963		1997
South Adelaide	1964–1966
Glenelg	1967–1969
Stephen Kernahan	Glenelg	South Australia	1981–1985		2001
Carlton	Victoria	1986–1997
Peter Knights	Hawthorn	Victoria	1969–1985		1996
Anthony Koutoufides	Carlton	Victoria	1992–2007		2014
Phonse Kyne	Collingwood	Victoria	1934–1944, 1946–1950		1996
Allan La Fontaine	Melbourne	Victoria	1934–1942, 1945		1996
Chris Langford	Hawthorn	Victoria	1983–1997		2009
Nigel Lappin	Brisbane Bears	Queensland	1994–1996		2016
Brisbane Lions	1997–2008
Tom Leahy	West Adelaide	South Australia	1905–1909		2023
North Adelaide	1910–1915, 1919–1921
Dick Lee	Collingwood	Victoria	1906–1922		1996
John Leedham	North Launceston	Tasmania	1946-1950, 1953		2025
Campbell Town	1951-1952
North Hobart	1954-1959
Johnny Lewis	North Melbourne	Victoria	1925–1935		1996
Melbourne	1936–1938
Matthew Lloyd	Essendon	Victoria	1995–2009		2013
Tony Lockett	St Kilda	Victoria	1983–1994		2006, Legend	Legend
Sydney	New South Wales	1995–1999, 2002
Michael Long	West Torrens	South Australia	1987–1988		2007
Essendon	Victoria	1989–2001
Garry Lyon	Melbourne	Victoria	1986-1999	226 (426)	2025
Tom MacKenzie	West Torrens	South Australia	1900–1904, 1909–1914		1996
North Adelaide	1905–1908
Simon Madden	Essendon	Victoria	1974–1992		1996
Hassa Mann	Melbourne	Victoria	1959–1968	178 (193)	2013
South Fremantle	Western Australia	1969–1971	62 (133)
Steve Marsh	South Fremantle	Western Australia	1945–1956	226 (418)	2006
East Fremantle	1957–1958, 1960	39 (51)
Denis Marshall	Claremont	Western Australia	1958–1963, 1969–1972		2004
Geelong	Victoria	1964–1968
Peter Matera	South Fremantle	Western Australia	1987–1989	60 (88)	2006
West Coast	1990–2002	253 (217)
Herbie Matthews	South Melbourne	Victoria	1932–1945		2003
Leigh Matthews	Hawthorn	Victoria	1969–1985		1996	Legend
Chris McDermott		South Australia	1981–1996	227 (154)	2024
	1991–1996	117 (25)
	1997	10 (0)
Rod McGregor	Carlton	Victoria	1905–1912, 1914–1920		1996
Jock McHale	Collingwood	Victoria	1903–1920		1996	Legend
Merv McIntosh	Perth	Western Australia	1939–1941, 1946–1955		1996	Legend
Andrew McLeod	Port Adelaide	South Australia	1994		2014
Adelaide	1995–2010
Guy McKenna	Claremont	Western Australia	1985–1987	50 (5)	2009
West Coast	1988–2000	267 (28)
Peter McKenna	Collingwood	Victoria	1965–1975		1999
Carlton	1977
Dave McNamara	St Kilda	Victoria	1905–1923		1996
Stephen Michael	South Fremantle	Western Australia	1975–1985	243 (231)	1999
Dan Minogue	Collingwood	Victoria	1911–1916		1996
Richmond	1920–1925
Hawthorn	1926
Sam Mitchell	Hawthorn		Victoria	2002–2016		2023
West Coast	Western Australia	2017
Bill Mohr	St Kilda	Victoria	1929–1941		1996
George Moloney	Geelong	Victoria	1931–1935		1996
Claremont	Western Australia	1927–1930, 1936–1945
Kelvin Moore	Hawthorn	Victoria	1970–1984		2005
Peter Moore	Collingwood	Victoria	1974–1982		2005
Melbourne	1983–1987
Dan Moriarty	South Adelaide	South Australia	1919–1925		1996
Jack Moriarty	Essendon	Victoria	1922		2004
Fitzroy	1924–1933
Bill Morris	Richmond	Victoria	1942–1951		2009
Graham Moss	Essendon	Victoria	1973–1976		1996
Claremont	Western Australia	1969–1972, 1977–1985
Geof Motley	Port Adelaide	South Australia	1953–1966		2002
Jack Mueller	Melbourne	Victoria	1934–1950		1996
John Murphy	Fitzroy	Victoria	1967–1977		2006
South Melbourne	1978–1979
North Melbourne	1979–1980
Kevin Murray	Fitzroy	Victoria	1955–1964, 1967–1974		1996	Legend
East Perth	Western Australia	1965–1966
Ian Nankervis	Geelong	Victoria	1967–1983		2005
Laurie Nash	South Melbourne	Victoria	1933–1937, 1945		1996
Camberwell	1938–1941
City	Tasmania	1930–1932
Bernie Naylor	South Fremantle	Western Australia	1941–1954	194 (1034)	2018
David Neitz	Melbourne	Victoria	1993–2008		2018
John Newman	Geelong	Victoria	1964–1980		2002
John Nicholls	Carlton	Victoria	1957–1974		1996	Legend
Michael O'Loughlin	Sydney	New South Wales	1995–2009		2015
Arthur Olliver	Western Bulldogs (Footscray)	Victoria	1935–1950		2003
George Owens	East Perth	Western Australia	1917–1932	195 (226)	2025
Charlie Pannam	Collingwood	Victoria	1894–1907		1996
Richmond	1908
Matthew Pavlich	Woodville-West Torrens	South Australia	1999		2022
Fremantle	Western Australia	2000–2016
Brian Peake	East Fremantle	Western Australia	1972–1981, 1985–1990		2013
Perth	1990
Geelong	Victoria	1981–1984
Greg Phillips	Port Adelaide	South Australia	1976–1982, 1987–1993		2020
Collingwood	Victoria	1983–1986
John Platten	Central District	South Australia	1981–1985, 1998	107 (254)	2003
Hawthorn	Victoria	1986–1997	258 (228)
Bob Pratt	South Melbourne	Victoria	1930–1939, 1946		1996	Legend
Bernie Quinlan	Western Bulldogs (Footscray)	Victoria	1969–1977		1996
Fitzroy	1978–1986
Bob Quinn	Port Adelaide	South Australia	1933–1940, 1945–1947		1996
John Rantall	South Melbourne	Victoria	1963–1972, 1976–1979		1996
North Melbourne	1973–1975
Fitzroy	1980
Jack 'Dinny' Reedman	Hotham (SAFA)	South Australia	1887–1888		1996
South Adelaide	1889–1898	172
North Adelaide	1899–1907, 1909	115
Jack Regan	Collingwood	Victoria	1930–1941, 1943, 1946		1996
Dick Reynolds	Essendon	Victoria	1933–1951		1996	Legend
Mark Ricciuto	West Adelaide	South Australia	1992–1993		2011
Adelaide	1993–2007
Lou Richards	Collingwood	Victoria	1941–1955		1996
Matthew Richardson	Richmond	Victoria	1993–2009		2014
Wayne Richardson	Collingwood	Victoria	1966–1978		2003
Nick Riewoldt	St. Kilda	Victoria	2001-2017	336 (718)	2025
Maurice Rioli	South Fremantle	Western Australia	1975–1981, 1988–1990	168 (133)	2016
Richmond	Victoria	1982–1987	118 (80)
Neil Roberts	St Kilda	Victoria	1952–1962		2015
Austin Robertson Jr.	Subiaco	Western Australia	1962–1965, 1967–1974		2015
South Melbourne	Victoria	1966
Ralph Robertson		Victoria	1899–1900	14 (1)	2024
East Sydney	New South Wales	1903–1909
North Shore	1909–1914
Barrie Robran	North Adelaide	South Australia	1967–1980		1996	Legend
Paul Roos	Fitzroy	Victoria	1982–1994		2005
Sydney	New South Wales	1995–1998
Bob Rose	Collingwood	Victoria	1946–1955		1996
Barry Round	Western Bulldogs (Footscray)	Victoria	1968–1975		2001
Sydney	New South Wales	1976–1985
Allan Ruthven	Fitzroy	Victoria	1940–1954		1998
Paul Salmon	Essendon	Victoria	1983–1995, 2000		2016
Hawthorn	1996–2000
Matthew Scarlett	Geelong	Victoria	1998–2012		2018
Wayne Schimmelbusch	North Melbourne	Victoria	1973–1987		1997
Ray Schofield		Western Australia	1946–1958	259 (169)	2024
John Schultz	Western Bulldogs (Footscray)	Victoria	1958–1968		1996
Don Scott	Hawthorn	Victoria	1967–1981		2001
Walter Scott	Norwood	South Australia	1920–1932		1996
Tony Shaw	Collingwood	Victoria	1978–1994		2010
Jack Sheedy	East Fremantle	Western Australia	1942–1944, 1946–1955		2001
East Perth	1956–1962
South Melbourne	Victoria	1944
Kevin Sheedy	Richmond	Victoria	1967–1979		2008	Legend
Stephen Silvagni	Carlton	Victoria	1985–2001		2005
Bob Skilton	South Melbourne	Victoria	1956–1968, 1970–1971		1996	Legend
Wilfred Smallhorn	Fitzroy	Victoria	1930–1940		2006
Bernie Smith	West Adelaide	South Australia	1945–1947		1996
Geelong	Victoria	1948–1958
Norm Smith	Melbourne	Victoria	1935–1948		1996	Legend
Fitzroy	1949–1950
Ross Smith	St Kilda	Victoria	1961–1972, 1975		2010
Subiaco	Western Australia	1973–1974
Ray Sorrell	East Fremantle	Western Australia	1956–1963, 1967–1968	156 (55)	2016
South Fremantle	1964–1965	22 (8)
Geoff Southby	Carlton	Victoria	1971–1984		2000
Stuart Spencer	Melbourne	Victoria	1950–1956		2005
Clarence	Tasmania	1957–1967
Anthony Stevens	North Melbourne	Victoria	1989–2004		2017
Ian Stewart	St Kilda	Victoria	1963–1970		1996	Legend
Richmond	1971–1975
Hobart	Tasmania	1962
Jim Stynes	Melbourne	Victoria	1987–1998		2003
Charlie Sutton		Victoria	1942–1956		1996
Dane Swan		Victoria	2003–2016	258 (211)	2024
Mark Tandy	South Melbourne	Victoria	1911–1926		1996
Michael Taylor	Norwood	South Australia	1972–1980, 1985–1987		2022
Collingwood	Victoria	1981–1984
Noel Teasdale	North Melbourne	Victoria	1956–1967		2008
Kelvin Templeton		Victoria	1974–1982	143 (434)	2024
	1983–1985	34 (99)
Len Thompson	Collingwood	Victoria	1965–1978		1998
South Melbourne	1979
Fitzroy	1980
Vic Thorp	Richmond	Victoria	1910–1925		1996
Albert Thurgood	Essendon	Victoria	1892–1902, 1906		1996
Jack Titus	Richmond	Victoria	1926–1943		1996
George Todd	Geelong	Victoria	1922–1934		1996
Ron Todd	Collingwood	Victoria	1935–1939		2017
Williamstown	1940–1941, 1945–1949
Warren Tredrea	Port Adelaide	South Australia	1996–2010		2014
William Truscott	East Fremantle	Western Australia	1913–1924		1996
Michael Tuck	Hawthorn	Victoria	1972–1991		1996
Des Tuddenham	Collingwood	Victoria	1962–1971, 1976–1977		2008
Essendon	1972–1975		2008
Ted Tyson	West Perth	Western Australia	1930–1941, 1945		2022
Harry Vallence	Carlton	Victoria	1926–1938		1996
Michael Voss	Brisbane Bears	Queensland	1992–1996		2011
Brisbane Lions	1997–2006
Doug Wade	Geelong	Victoria	1961–1972		1996
North Melbourne	1973–1975
Bill Walker	Swan Districts	Western Australia	1961–1976		1996
Terry Wallace	Hawthorn	Victoria	1978–1986		2018
Richmond	1987
Footscray	1988–1991
Robert Walls	Carlton	Victoria	1967–1978		2006
Fitzroy	1978–1980
Gavin Wanganeen	Port Adelaide	South Australia	1990, 1997–2006		2010
Essendon	Victoria	1991–1996
Norman Ware	Western Bulldogs (Footscray)	Victoria	1932–1946		2001
Ivor Warne-Smith	Melbourne	Victoria	1919, 1925–1932		1996
Latrobe	Tasmania	1920–1924
Colin Watson	St Kilda	Victoria	1920, 1922–1925, 1933–1935		1996
Tim Watson	Essendon	Victoria	1977–1991, 1993–1994		2000
Murray Weideman	West Adelaide	South Australia	1968–1969		2007
Collingwood	Victoria	1953–1963
Dale Weightman	Richmond	Victoria	1978–1993		2001
Scott West	Western Bulldogs (Footscray)	Victoria	1993–2008		2013
Mel Whinnen	West Perth	Western Australia	1960–1977		2018
Ted Whitten	Western Bulldogs (Footscray)	Victoria	1951–1970		1996	Legend
Robert Wiley	Perth		Western Australia	1974–78, 1984–88	179 (415)	2021
Richmond		Victoria	1979–1983	95 (127)
West Coast	Western Australia	1987	18 (24)
Greg Williams	Geelong	Victoria	1984–1985		2001
Carlton	1986–1991
Sydney	New South Wales	1992–1997
Mark Williams	West Adelaide	South Australia	1976–1978		2023
Port Adelaide	1979–80, 1990–92
Collingwood	Victoria	1981–1986
Brisbane Bears	Queensland	1987–1990
Garry Wilson	Fitzroy	Victoria	1971–1984		1999
Nicky Winmar	South Fremantle	Western Australia	1983–1986	58 (98)	2022
St. Kilda	Victoria	1987–1998	230 (283)
Western Bulldogs	1999	21 (34)
Jack Worrall	Fitzroy	Victoria	1884–1893		1996
Roy Wright	Richmond	Victoria	1946–1959		1996
Henry Young	Geelong	Victoria	1893–1910		1996

Women inductees

Player	Club	State	Playing career	Games played (goals)	Year inducted
Debbie Lee	East Brunswick Scorpions (VWFL)
St Albans Spurs (VWFL)	Victoria	1991–2014	304 (?)	2021
Daisy Pearce	Melbourne (AFLW)	Victoria	2017-2022 (S7)	55 (25)	2025
Erin Phillips	Adelaide (AFLW)
Port Adelaide (AFLW)	South Australia	2017–2022 (S6)
2022 (S7)–2023	46 (50)
20 (3)	2025

Coach inductees

Coach	Clubs coached	Record (W–L–D)	Premierships coached	Year inducted	Legend status
Haydn Bunton Jr	Norwood	101 (52–48–1)		5	1996
Launceston	16 (6–10–0)
Swan Districts	92 (55–35–2)	1961, 1962, 1963
Subiaco	314 (168–145–1)	1986, 1988
South Adelaide	179 (84–93–2)
Sturt	42 (9–33–0)
John Cahill	Port Adelaide	465 (330–129–6)	1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995	10	2002
Collingwood	47 (27–20–0)
West Adelaide	69 (34–35–0)
South Adelaide	20 (5–14–1)
Tom Hafey	Richmond	248 (173–73–2)	1967, 1969, 1973, 1974	4	1996
Collingwood	138 (89–47–2)
Geelong	66 (31–35–0)
Sydney	70 (43–27–0)
Frank Hughes	Richmond	120 (87–31–2)	1932	5	1996
Melbourne	254 (157–95–2)	1939, 1940, 1941, 1948
Allan Jeans	St Kilda	332 (193–138–1)	1966	4	1996
Hawthorn	221 (159–61–1)	1983, 1986, 1989
Richmond	22 (5–17–0)
John Kennedy Sr	Hawthorn	299 (181–116–2)	1961, 1971, 1976	3	1996
North Melbourne	113 (55–55–3)
Johnny Leonard	South Melbourne	19 (13–6–0)		5	1996
West Perth	66 (43–22–1)	1934, 1935
Claremont	109 (65–43–1)	1938, 1939, 1940
Mick Malthouse	Footscray	135 (67–66–2)		3	2019
West Coast	243(156–85–2)	1992, 1994
Collingwood	286 (163–121–2)	2010
Carlton	54 (20–33–1)
Phillip Matson	Subiaco	1913–1914	1913	8	2004
East Perth	1918–1924, 1926–1928	1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927
Jack Oatey	Norwood	229 (147–81–1)	1945, 1948, 1950	10	1996
West Adelaide	78 (52–26–0)
Sturt	470 (314–152–4)	1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976
David Parkin	Hawthorn	94 (57–37–0)	1978	4	2002
Carlton	355 (219–134–2)	1981, 1982, 1995
Fitzroy	69 (30–39–0)
Jack Sheedy	East Fremantle	39 (23–16–0)		2	2001
East Perth	223 (149–72–3)	1956, 1959
Kevin Sheedy	Essendon	634 (386–242–6)	1984, 1985, 1993, 2000	4	2008
GWS Giants	44 (3–41–0)
John Todd	Swan Districts	417 (217–200–0)	1982, 1983, 1984, 1990	6	2003
East Fremantle	87 (45–41–1)	1974
South Fremantle	172 (83–88–1)	1997
West Coast	45 (20–25–0)
Fos Williams	Port Adelaide	447 (333–112–2)	1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1965	9	1996
West Adelaide	109 (42–67–0)
South Adelaide	18 (3–15–0)
Norm Smith	Fitzroy	55 (30–23–2)		6	1996
Melbourne	310 (97–108–5)	1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1964
South Melbourne	87 (26–61–0)

Umpires

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)

Media

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)

Administrators

Bruce Andrew (, ANFC)
Max Basheer (SANFL)
Charles Brownlow (, VFL, ANFC)
Ron Evans (, AFL)
Jack Hamilton (VFL)
Bob Hammond (Adelaide, AFL)
H. C. A. Harrison (, VFA)
Thomas Hill (Norwood, SANFL, ANFC)
Sir Kenneth Luke (, VFL)
Likely 'Like' McBrien (South Melbourne, VFL)
Bob McLean (Port Adelaide, SANFL)
Dr William C. McClelland (, VFL)
Eric McCutchan (VFL)
Ross Oakley (VFL/AFL)
Pat Rodriguez (Claremont, WAFL, ANFC)
Tom Wills ()

Pioneers

John Acraman
Charles Kingston
Richard Twopeny

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.

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.

Induction locations

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)

Criticism

The Hall of Fame has been criticised by football writers and historians for being heavily biased towards figures from Victoria.

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.

Criticism has also been slated at the under-representation of pioneers and other early stars of the game, as Adam Cardosi wrote in 2014: 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.

Declined inductions

In 2021, Adam Goodes and Garry McIntosh 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, while McIntosh stated that "he did not play the game for personal honours".

Removed inductees

In 2023, Barry Cable was removed from the Hall of Fame with his Legend Status being revoked after he was found civilly liable in a sexual abuse lawsuit.

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