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The Hawthorn Football Club first awarded Honorary Life Membership in 1924.

The award was introduced to recognise the outstanding contribution of those players who had played more than 10 years or 150 games with the Club, and also to those officials, support staff, trainers and administrators who had given exceptional service.

It was regarded as the highest honour that the Club could bestow upon an individual. The first recipients in 1924 were eight stalwarts from our early years in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (1902-1913) and the Victorian Football Association (1914-1924) prior to the Club joining the Victorian Football League in 1925.

Our first eight Life Members were; J W Kennon, G W A Owen, William H Hulse, R Bell, F Pritchard, J L Grant, Dr Frank Keane and Robert Henry Field.

Recap of the 2016 Annual Life Members Lunch

Criteria for Life Membership

The Constitution currently provides for Life Membership to be granted to Directors with 9 years’ or any player who has completed 10 years’ service with the Club or 150 senior games with the Club. The Directors may each year, at their discretion, elect not more than 2 Life Members, whom they consider entitled by reasons of special services rendered to the Club.

Download the 2016 Life Members Committee Charter.

Collection of medallions awarded to Life Members.

Life members from 1924

Number	Year	Surname	First name	Category
1	1924	Kennon*	John W.	President
2	1924	Owen*	G.W.A.	Committee
3	1924	Hulse*	William H.	Committee
4	1924	Bell*	R.	Hon Treasurer
5	1924	Pritchard*	F.	Committee
6	1924	Grant*	J.L.	Committee
7	1924	Keane*	Dr. Frank	Doctor
8	1924	Field*	Robert Henry	Committee
9	1925	Broadhall*	W.	Hawthorn City Council
10	1925	Leveson*	Vic	Committee
11	1926	Elder*	Jim	Masseur
12	1926	Marks*	F.	Committee
13	1927	King*	H.V. 'Tod'	Committee
14	1927	Hardy*	A.E.J.	Trainer
15	1928	Elliot*	G.	Supporters Comm. Sec.
16	1928	Finch*	Fred 'Snow'	Player
17	1929	Rigg*	E.J.	Ticket Secretary
18	1933	Edmonds*	John W.	Supporters Comm. Pres
19	1933	Utting*	Ernest 'Tich'	Player
20	1933	Young*	W.	Property Master
21	1934	Ramsay*	Sam W	Secretary
22	1934	Lord*	Cr R William	Hawthorn City Council
23	1934	Carter*	M.H. 'Barney'	Committee
24	1935	Jona*	Dr. Jacob	President
25	1935	Cathie*	George J.	Committee
26	1935	Hyde*	Albert ' Bert'	Player
27	1936	Wallace*	William'Beau'	Head Trainer
28	1936	Pool*	Edward	Player
29	1936	McGuire*	James H.	Committee
30	1937	Evans*	Cr. D. H.	Hawthorn City Council
31	1937	Lowe*	H.J.	Committee
32	1937	Lonsdale*	Clarrie	Player
33	1938	Wallace*	Frank G.	Timekeeper
34	1938	Owen*	Melbourne	Hon. Auditor
35	1938	Stewart*	Stuart	Player
36	1939	Mills*	Albert 'Bert'	Player
37	1939	Murphy*	Leo	Player
38	1939	Scascighini*	J.	Supporters Committee
39	1939	Morgan*	Jim	Trainer
40	1940	Speary*	N.J.	Committee
41	1940	Vivash*	A.	Long Service
42	1941	Keary*	Pat J. 'Blue'	Player/Manager Reserves
43	1941	Fergie*	Robert	Treasurer
44	1941	Spinks*	Stan	Player
45	1942	Raby*	J. H.	Timekeeper
46	1942	Williams*	Robert	Player
47	1943	Dent*	William 'Bill'	Boot Studder
48	1943	Murdoch*	Robert 'Bob'	Trainer
49	1944	McCutchan*	G.	Committee
50	1944	Jenkinson*	William 'Bill'	Trainer
51	1945	Albiston*	Alec	Player
52	1945	Wright*	J.	Trainer
53	1945	Hocking*	Vic	Secretary
54	1946	Hollow*	R.J.	Committee
55	1946	Scott*	R.J.	Committee
56	1947	Miller*	Harry E.	Trainer
57	1947	Alexander*	A.J.	Trainer
58	1948	Reid*	H.	Committee
59	1948	Crozier*	Samuel Louise J.	Supporters Committee
60	1948	Pabst*	Les	Player
61	1949	Porteous*	Cr. W. C.	Hawthorn City Council
62	1949	Fogarty*	A.	Committee
63	1949	Curran*	Kevin	Player
64	1949	Austen*	Colin	Player
65	1949	Syratt*	Sid	Trainer
66	1949	Carmody*	Jack	Player
67	1950	Prior*	Albert 'Butch'	Player
68	1950	Wallace*	J.P.	Supporters Committee
69	1950	Ellis*	William	Property Master
70	1950	Butler*	Sid	Groundsman
71	1951	O'Donohue*	J. 'Peter'	Player
72	1951	James*	George	Trainer
73	1951	Warren*	Jimmy	Trainer
74	1951	Ryan*	Phil	Player / Committee
75	1951	Lowe*	George	Supporters Club Secretary
76	1952	Prentice*	Dave A.	President
77	1952	Gaylard*	Bert	Committee
78	1952	Downs*	P.	2nd 18 Official
79	1952	Blackburn*	Robert	2nd 18 Official
80	1953	Green*	J.J.	Hon. Solicitor
81	1953	Reddy	Max	MC / Functions
82	1953	Fletcher*	Edward 'Ted'	Player
83	1953	Morgan*	Leo	Trainer
84	1953	Kiley*	Cyrill A.	Boot Studder
85	1954	Pearson*	Neil	Player
86	1954	Fenby*	George	First Aid Officer
87	1954	Dwyer*	Jack	Doorman
88	1955	Dunning*	Arthur W.	Committee
89	1955	Crozier*	Ian	Treasurer
90	1956	Campbell*	Colin	3rd 18 Coach
91	1956	Sellars*	Miles R.A.'Bob'	Player / Timekeeper
92	1957	Ferguson*	Dr. A.S. 'Sandy'	President
93	1957	Gibbons*	Norm F.	Committee
94	1958	McLeod	Jack	Player / Committee
95	1958	Kitson*	jack	Committee
96	1959	Elmer*	Max	Treasurer
97	1959	Bromage*	Jack H.	Committee
98	1959	Hale*	Jack L.	Coach
99	1959	Kennedy	John J.	Player
100	1959	Simmonds*	Roy	Player
101	1960	Shaw*	Archie	Committee
102	1960	Cook*	Ron G.	Committee
103	1960	Davis*	W. Henry	Dentist
104	1960	O'Mahony	John M.	Player
105	1961	Curry*	Max	Hon. Ticket Seller
106	1961	Randall*	Viv	Player/3rd 18 Coach
107	1961	Simpson*	Charlie	Trainer
108	1962	Peck*	John L.	Player
109	1962	O'Brien	Phil	Player/Reserves Coach
110	1962	Martin*	L.G.	Committee
111	1962	Ramsay*	Arthur J.	Committee
112	1962	Taylor*	Jack	Committee
113	1963	Arthur	Graham F.	Player
114	1963	Manders*	Len	U19 Coach
115	1963	Taylor*	Athol	Property Steward
116	1964	Miller*	Keith C.	Committee
117	1964	Lander*	H.G. 'Chick'	Legal Officer
118	1965	Dunn*	Sefton 'Sef'	Recruiter
119	1965	Dwyer*	Danny	Player / Doorman
120	1965	Kinder*	Harold	Boot Studder
121	1965	Young	Garry	Player
122	1965	Youren*	Col	Player/PP&OA
123	1967	Fluck*	Otto	Confreres
124	1967	Fanning	Alan F.	Player / U19 Coach
125	1968	Barnard*	Arthur S.	Ticket Secretary
126	1968	Collis*	E. A. 'Ted'	Committee
127	1969	Hamilton*	J. Stuart	Player/PP&OA/Secretary
128	1969	Hughes	Alf S.	Player/Recruiter/PP&OA
129	1969	Law	Ian K.	Player
130	1970	Edwards	Brendan	Player/Fitness Instructor
131	1970	Elward	John	Player/3rd 18 Coach
132	1970	Considine	Maurie	Player/Reserves Coach
133	1970	Parkin	David	Player
134	1971	Angwin*	Andrew 'Andy'	Player/PP&OA President
135	1971	Beck	Ken	Player
136	1971	Little*	Max	Trainer
137	1971	McKenzie	Col M.	Supporters Club
138	1972	Formby	Jack T.	Committee
139	1972	McCurry*	Harry	Committee
140	1973	Crimmins*	Peter	Player
141	1973	Fogarty*	Kevin 'Darky'	Trainer
142	1973	Meagher*	Des M.	Player
143	1973	Wallace*	William 'Bill'	Committee
144	1974	Goddard	Ken	Head Trainer
145	1974	Jackson*	Les	Patron / Recruiting
146	1974	Pitman*	Les	Patron
147	1974	Scott	Don	Player
148	1974	Yeoman*	Robert	Trainer
149	1975	Croft*	Alan	Trainer
150	1975	Laws*	Edward 'Ted'	Boot Studder

The 2016 Life Members Committee.

151	1975	Coleman	Brian	Player / U19 Coach
152	1975	Moore	Robert 'Bob'	2nd 18 Manager/Club Secretary
153	1976	Bremner	Ian	Player
154	1976	Knights	Peter	Player
155	1976	Lord	Norm	Runner
156	1976	Martello	Alan W.	Player
157	1976	Matthews	Leigh R.	Player
158	1976	Rubira*	Frank J.	Social Club Vice President
159	1977	Hopper	Ken L.	Player / PP&OA President
160	1977	Moore	Kelvin D.	Player
161	1977	Vincent*	A. Paul	Confreres Secretary
162	1978	Farr*	Jack B.	Patron
163	1978	Hendrie	John C.	Player
164	1978	Hudson	Peter J.	Player
165	1978	Moncrieff	Michael D.	Player
166	1979	Albiston	Brian E.	Fund Raiser
167	1979	Shaw*	Jim	Medical Officer
168	1979	Rice	Leon F.	Player
169	1979	Tuck	Michael J.	Player
170	1980	Ablett	Geoff N.	Player
171	1980	Manton	John	Director
172	1981	Dooley*	Tom P.	Patron
173	1981	Goad	Alan	Player
174	1981	Kann	Brian	Player / Director
175	1982	Cope*	John	Trainer
176	1982	Lacey*	Frank	Social Club/HFC Committee
177	1982	McKinnon*	Vic	Player / PP&OA President
178	1983	Eade	Rodney	Player
179	1983	O'Halloran*	David	Player
180	1983	Paton	Ian	Player
181	1983	Polkinghorne	David	Player
182	1983	Coote*	D. Trevor	President
183	1983	Hoult	George	Director
184	1983	Wilson	Ray	Player/Underage Coach
185	1984	de Wolde	Alle	Player
186	1984	DiPierdomenico	Robert	Player
187	1984	Fitzgerald*	Cashen	Player / PP&OA Secretary
188	1984	Keaney	A. M. 'Tony'	Team Manager
189	1985	Kennedy Jnr	John	Player
190	1985	Wallace	Terry	Player
191	1985	Hickey*	Noel	Dentist
192	1985	Lorich*	Thord	Timekeeper
193	1986	Greene	Russell	Player
194	1986	Mew	Chris	Player
195	1986	Russo	Peter	Player
196	1986	Gay	Dr Terry	Player/Medical Officer
197	1986	Goss	Norman J.	Player/Match Comm.
198	1987	Ayres	Gary	Player
199	1987	Craig*	Geoff	Treasurer HIC
200	1987	Haward	John	Trainer
201	1988	Schwab	Peter	Player
202	1988	Gallagher	Peter	Bendigo Hawks
203	1988	Morrison	Max	Recruiting
204	1989	Brereton	Dermott	Player
205	1989	Buckenara	Gary	Player
206	1989	Langford	Chris	Player
207	1989	Loveridge	Richard	Player
208	1989	Lechte	Peter	Director
209	1989	Holland	Robin 'Dutchy'	Trainer
210	1989	Kilpatrick	John	Runner
211	1990	Gavin	Barry	Physio
212	1990	Jeans*	Allan	Coach
213	1991	Dunstall	Jason	Player
214	1991	Platten	John	Player
215	1991	Gibson*	Arthur	Steward
216	1991	Hood*	John	Timekeeper
217	1992	Bretag	Roland	Statistician
218	1992	Freiberg	Ken	PP&OA Committee
219	1993	Collins	Andrew 'Andy'	Player
220	1993	Dear	Greg	Player
221	1993	Jencke	Ray	Player
222	1993	Pritchard	Darrin	Player
223	1993	Duckmanton*	Ron	Doorman/Fundraiser
224	1994	Flanc	Charles	Medical Officer
225	1994	Stone	George	Recruiting/Runner
226	1995	Maginness	Scott	Player
227	1995	Chappel	Brian D.	Fund Raiser/Functions
228	1995	Lord	Geoff F.	President
229	1996	Condon	Anthony	Player
230	1996	Dear	Paul	Player
231	1996	Vidor*	Raymond E.	Director
232	1996	Joyce	Alan M.	Player/Coach
233	1996	Lauritz*	John D.	CEO
234	1997	Lawrence	Stephen	Player
235	1997	Falconer	Brian	Player/Membership
236	1997	Smethurst	John	Recruiting
237	1998	Fransson	Ed	Doorkeeper
238	1998	Polkinghorne*	Doug	Match Assistant
239	1999	Brown	Ms. Jenny M.	PA CEO/Stats
240	1999	Hook	John D.	Football Manager
241	2000	Wilson	Peter	Hon. Surgeon
242	2001	Haby	Peter R.	Club Historian
243	2001	Braybon*	John	Property Steward
244	2001	Crawford	Shane	Player
245	2001	Graham	Mark	Player
246	2002	Crimmins	Dr. Bernie	Doctor
247	2002	Nicholas	Mrs. June	President Thornbirds
248	2002	Holland	Nick 'Dutchy'	Player
249	2003	Woodley	Alan	Player/PP&OA
250	2003	Moore*	Ivan	Secretary
251	2003	Harford	Daniel	Player
252	2003	McCabe	Luke	Player
253	2003	Lekkas	Angelo	Player
254	2003	Tallis	Rayden	Player
255	2004	Davidson	Geoff	WASH
256	2004	Morrissey	James	Player
257	2005	Dicker	Ian	President
258	2005	Dixon	Ben	Player
259	2006	Hurst	Mrs. Silvana	Staff Member
260	2006	Butcher	Michael	Legal Advisor
261	2007	Kanis*	Con	Functions Benefactor
262	2007	Vandenberg	Richie	Player
263	2007	Smith	Joel	Player
264	2007	Croad	Trent	Player
265	2008	Growcott	Bruce	Director
266	2008	Gallienne	Adrian	Confreres
267	2008	Ryan	Peter	Recruiting
268	2009	De Haas	Bryan	Cheer Squad
269	2009	Ure	John	Box Hill
270	2009	Mitchell	Sam	Player
271	2009	Hodge	Luke	Player
272	2010	Randall	Tevor	Runner/PP&OA
273	2010	Stevenson	Bruce	Player/Board Advisor
274	2010	Bateman	Chance	Player
275	2010	Brown	Campbell	Player
276	2011	Ladson	Ric	Player
277	2011	Osborne	Michael	Player
278	2012	Barker	Steven	Runner/Recruiting
279	2012	Renshaw	Graeme	Trainer
280	2012	Birchall	Grant	Player
281	2012	Franklin	Lance	Player
282	2012	Lewis	Jordan	Player
283	2012	Roughead	Jarryd	Player
284	2012	Sewell	Brad	Player
285	2013	Guerra	Brent	Player
286	2013	Harris	Geoff	Director
287	2013	Judge*	Ken	Player/Coach
288	2014	Ralston	Martin	Director
289	2015	Calwell	Robert 'Bob'	PP&OA Treasurer
290	2015	Paic	Mrs Jasminka	Functions
291	2015	Rioli	Cyril	Player

*Deceased