Football Hall of Fame (Australia)

The Football Hall of Fame ^[1] was established in 1999 as the Soccer Hall of Fame to honour outstanding services to association football in Australia. It is organised by Football Federation Australia, the governing body of association football in Australia. Since its formation 194 players, coaches, referees, administrators and media representatives have been inducted in the Football Hall of Fame.

There are three separate levels of awards, with different but equivalent levels for contributions made 'on the pitch' and those made 'off the pitch'

• Hall of Champions (players) / Hall of Honour (non-players)
• Medal of Excellence (players) / Roll of Honour (non-players)
• Award of Distinction (players) / Roll of Honour (non-players)

Hall of Champions / Hall of Honour

This is the highest award available for a contribution to the development of the game in Australia, and is given for eminent service or contributions to football in Australia, whether at state/territory level, nationally or internationally.

Hall of Champions

Attila Abonyi Graham Arnold Bob Bignall Reg Date Alan Davidson Frank Farina Milan Ivanovic

John Kosmina Eddie Krnčević Ron Lord Joe Marston, MBE James (Judy) Masters David Mitchell

Alf Quill Jim Rooney Robbie Slater Paul Wade Johnny Warren, MBE Peter Wilson Cheryl Salisbury

Hall of Honour

Chris Bambridge Tony Boskovic John Constantine Harry Dockerty John Walter Fletcher Sir Arthur George AO

Arthur Gibbs Peter Gray Theo Maramaris MBE Rale Rasic Basil Scarsella Les Scheinflug

Bob Telfer Vic Tuting MBE George Vasilopoulos Elaine Watson OAM Michael Weinstein AM, BEM

Medal of Excellence / Roll of Honour

This is awarded for distinguished service or contributions to football in Australia, whether at state/territory level, nationally or internationally.

Medal of Excellence

Adrian Alston Ray Baartz Colin Bennett Gary Cole Norman Conquest Oscar Crino Julie Dolan Tony Henderson Jack Hughes Bob Lawrie

Frank Loughran Jimmy Mackay Allan Maher William Maunder James McNabb Joanne Millman John Nyskohus Pat O'Connor Steve O'Connor Peter Ollerton

Mike Petersen David Ratcliffe Jack Reilly Manfred Schaefer Jim Tansey Doug Utjesenovic Harry Williams Charlie Yankos Robert Zabica

Roll of Honour (distinguished)

Frank Arok AM Giacomo (Jim) Bayutti OA Ian Brusasco Charles Caruso Brian Corrigan Vic Dalgleish John Fraser Betty Hoar William Jones Dieter Klose

Roger Lamb Les Murray Jane Oakley Sam Papasavas OAM Julius Re Doug Rennie Fred Robins Les Scheinflug Laurie Schwab Connie Selby

Sydney Storey Don Sutherland Eddie Thomson Peter Thorne Charles Valentine Fred Villiers Bill Vrolyks George Wallace Eric Worthington

Award of Distinction / Roll of Honour

This is awarded for outstanding service or contributions to football in Australia, whether at state/territory level, nationally or internationally.

Award of Distinction

Stan Ackerley Ron Adair Jim Armstrong Murray Barnes Leo Baumgtrartner Branko Buljevic Gary Byrne Alec Cameron Ernie Campbell Todd Clarke William Coolahan Ron Corry Roy Crowhurst Colin Curran Michael De Bruyckere Theresa Deas Cecil Drummond Robert Dunn

Jack Evans Alex Gibb Ian Gray Dave Harding George Harris William Henderson Cindy Heydon Tom Jack Graham Jennings Alan Johns Craig Johnston Percy Lennard Gary Marocchi Sergio Melta Graham McMillan Sue Monteath Bruce Morrow Ken Murphy

Gordon Nunn Jeff Olver Kevin O'Neill Frank Parsons John Perin Ray Richards Cliff Sander Wally Savor Peter Sharne George Smith Charlie Stewart Billy Vojtek John Watkiss Joe Watson James Wilkinson

Roll of Honour (meritorious)

Ken Allen Barry Bainbridge Fred Barlow Raul Blanco Les Broadbent Donald Campbell Vito Cilauro Jim Connell Allan Crisp Harry Croft Roy Druery Gordon Dunster Pam Gilbert Keith Gilmour Sid Grant Tom Grimson

Denis Harlow Harry Hetherington Joseph J Honeysett Fred Hutchison Siri Kannangara Tony Kovac OAM André Krüger Brian Lefevre Jack Logan Zoran Matic Dennis McDermott Frank McIver Bob McShane Des Miles Phil Murphy

Peter Nikolich Charles Perkins Emmanuel Poulakakis Arthur Roberts Martin Royal Roy Sandell Ron Smith John Taylor William Thomas Bill Turner Peter Van Ryn Joe Vlasits Sir William Walkley Gary Wilkins Rodney Woods Ron Wright

References

1. "Hall of Fame". FFA. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

External links

• Official website