What is the Australian Dictionary of Biography

The Australian Dictionary of Biography identifies itself as:
Australia's pre-eminent dictionary of national biography. In it you will find concise, informative and fascinating descriptions of the lives of significant and representative persons in Australian history.

In terms of a football connection the ADB inclusions can be broken into two groups.

Firstly, the ADB includes a people because of their contribution through football. This group would be a comparison group to inductees in the 'Australian Football Hall of Fame'. Those arguing that the AFHOF is biased towards Victoria will notice that the ADB list (though not as extensive) is quite multi-state.

The ADB includes a second group, which are those who contributed to Australia in other fields, some of which included football. This group is an eclectic group of players, administrators and supporters. A good example would be Australian Prime Minister John Curtin, who played VFA football for Brunswick for a number of years.

Creating this List

At the time of my research in early 2013, there were over 700 biographies returned when the Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB) was searched using the word 'Football'. Many of these results were quickly discarded, as many people in the ADB are described as schoolboy cricketer/footballers. Further biographies are eliminated when football relates to rugby or soccer rather than Australian Rules. Of the remaining biographies there is a brief mention that the person was on a football committee in a long list of other board affiliations.

The resulting list is of course quite discretionary in its selection and a few interesting characters with only a small football link have found their way in where possibly those with longer association have been excluded.

Overall, the remaining names provide an interesting insight into the game.

Who is on the list

The resulting list of famous/important Australians with links to football include politicians, priests, teachers, soldiers, Jam manufacturers, racing identities and radio presenters.

Who is Not on the list

The ADB only Australians who died up until 1990. This will of course continue to change, into the future.

Comparing the ADB list with the Australian Football Hall of Fame, there are a number of football 'legends' not included, but in most cases this is because they are still living, or died in the last 20 years. An example of future candidates would have to include:

Ted Whitten d1995 (AFHOF Legend)
Johnny Leonard d1995

Fos Williams d2001
Jack Dyer d2003 (AFHOF Legend)
Bob Pratt d2001 (AFHOF Legend)
Dick Reynolds d2002 (AFHOF Legend)

In the spirit of debate, I suggest there are at least two football names that are glaringly missing from the ADB, but are in the AFHOF. Bill Hutchison of Essendon is the only AFHOF Legend who died prior to 1990 who is missing. The other inclusion I would propose is Frank 'Checker' Hughes; A player and coach in Victoria and Tasmania, and with in involvement in football over many decades, and in a variety of roles makes him an obvious omission.

Bill Hutchison d1982 (AFHOF Legend)
Frank 'Checker' Hughes 1894-1978

Help for Browsing

- This page uses the lightbulb icon as an indicator for readers of interesting/important biographies. The indicator is in no way scientific and has been added in a very ad-hoc way.

List of Biographies

South Australia

Lionel Hill - 13th S.A. Premier Source: wikicommons

Vic Richardson - Test Cricketer - Source:wikicommons

Phil Matson - Footballer - Source:wikicommons

Ken Farmer - Footballer - Source: Australian Rules Football Cards

Name	Dates	Wider Areas	Footballer	Type	State	Team
Kingston, Charles Cameron	1850–1908	SA Premier	President of the South Adelaide Football Club in 1880-1908.	Admin	SA	South Adelaide
Creswell, John	1858–1909	Secretary of the South Australian Cricketing Association 1883-1909	Founder and early secretary of the South Australian Football Association. SA representative in Intercolonial matches	Player, Admin	SA	South Adelaide
Darling, Joseph	1870–1946	Test Cricketer	Player for Norwood	Player	SA	Norwood
Naylor, Henry Darnley	1872–1945	Academic, Reform advocate	Founder and President of the South Australian Amateur Football League	Admin	SA	N/A
Krischock, Henry Ludwig Frank (Harry)	1875–1940	Photographer	Football Photographer	Media	SA	N/A
Gosse, Sir James Hay	1876–1952	Business executive	Ruckman for Norwood Football Club 1894-1905. Club President 1920. Represented the State five times.	Player, Admin	SA	Norwood
Hill, Clem	1877–1945	Test Cricketer	Football (for South Adelaide and the State)	Player	SA	South Adelaide
Claxton, Norman	1877–1951	Baseballer, Cricketer, donated the Claxton Shield	Football and baseball for North Adelaide	Player	SA	North Adelaide
Whitford, Stanley R	1878–1959	State Politician	Delegate to the South Australian Football League and president (1923-24)	Admin	SA	N/A
Skipper, Herbert Stanley	1880–1962	Solicitor and promoter of free libraries	President (1922-25) of the Port Adelaide	Admin	SA	Port Adelaide
Lewis, Essington	1881–1961	Industrialist	Player Norwood and SA	Player	SA	Norwood
Hill, Lionel Laughton	1881–1963	SA Premier	Slogger' Hill played for Norwood and represented the State.	Player	SA	Norwood
Jolly, Norman William	1882–1954	South Australia's first Rhodes Scholar, Academic	Three times SA State representative	Player	SA	Norwood
Matson, Phillip Henry	1884–1928	Footballer	Represented SA in 1909-10 and WA in 1908, 1911 and 1914 (as captain) in interstate matches.	Player	SA, WA	Sturt
Le Messurier, Alfred Roy	1886–1946	Timber merchant	Player for Port Adelaide and North Adelaide, Interstate representative	Player	SA	Port Adelaide, North Adelaide
Jeffries, Sir Shirley Williams	1886–1963	Barrister, State Politician	Player for Norwood and Sturt	Player	SA	Norwood, Sturt
Perry, Sir Frank Tennyson	1887–1965	Industrialist and politician	Player for Norwood 1909	Player	SA	Norwood
Edwards, Albert Augustine	1888–1963	Hotelier, philanthropist and politician	West Adelaide Football Club Official	Admin	SA	West Adelaide
Leahy, Thomas Joseph (Tom)	1888–1964	Footballer	Magarey Medallist	Player	SA	West Adelaide, North Adelaide
Le Messurier, Frederick Neill (Freddy)	1891–1966	Doctor, Soldier	Player for North Adelaide Football Club in 1908-10 and 1913-14.	Player	SA	North Adelaide
Richardson, Victor York	1894–1969	Test Cricketer, Footballer	Football career (1915-27), Sturt and South Australian (1923-24) captain.	Player	SA	Sturt
Moriarty, Daniel	1895–1982	Footballer, racehorse owner	Magarey Medallist in his first three seasons (1919-21)	Player	SA	South Adelaide
Kelly, Sir William Raymond	1898–1956	Industrial court judge	SANFL tribunal 1936-41, wrote A Primer of Australia's National Game (1944)	Admin	SA	N/A
Thompson, Albert Baden	1900–1982	Trade union leader	Lifelong supporter and vice-president (1951-70) of West Adelaide	Admin	SA	West Adelaide
O'Grady, Oswald James	1901–1971	Businessman	Player for West Torrens, SA State representative, West Torrens (president 1954-71).	Player, Admin	SA	West Torrens
Fabro, Allegro Celso	1902–1962	Restaurateur	Vice-president of Norwood, provided dinner tickets for the best player each week	Admin	SA	Norwood
Farmer, Kenneth William George (Ken)	1910–1982	Footballer, Coach	Player for North Adelaide, Coach	Player	SA	North Adelaide
McLean, Allan Robert Charles	1914–1989	Cricketer, Footballer	222 SANFL games. Nine time SA State Representative. State selector for sixteen years. SANFL life membership.	Player, Admin	SA, Vic	Norwood, Port Adelaide, St Kilda
Bunton, Haydn William	1911–1955	Footballer	3 time Brownlow Winner, 3 time Sandover medal Winner, SANFL field umpire, North Adelaide coach 1947-48	Player, Coach	Vic, WA, SA	North Adelaide

Tasmania

Laurie Nash - Footballer, Cricketer Source:Australasian - 27Aug1932 pvii

Tasman Shields - Barrister, Politician -Source:Examiner - Launceston 29Aug1950 p3

Tom Cole - Politician - Source: Adam Carrs Electoral Archive

Name	Dates	Wider Areas	Footballer	Type	State	Team
McWilliams, William James	1856–1929	Journalist and politician	1897 McWilliams and T. Ryan convened a meeting at which the Southern Tasmanian Football Association (Australian Rules) was formed	Admin	Tas	N/A
Jones, Sir Henry	1862–1926	Jam manufacturer (IXL)	Lifelong supporter of the North Hobart. His factory manager, William Leitch, was a star player, and he employed many a promising young footballer	Supporter	Tas	North Hobart
Eady, Charles John	1870–1945	Test Cricketer, Sports Administrator, Member of Parliament	Holbrook Club captain in 1890, and represented Southern Tasmania against Victorian teams several times. Various TANFL positions including presidency in 1900-08 and 1925-41	Admin	Tas	N/A
Shields, Tasman	1872–1950	Barrister, Politician	NTFA President for over twenty-five years, donated the annual Tasman Shields trophy for the best and fairest player	Admin	Tas	N/A
Conder, Walter Tasman	1888–1974	Prison Warden (Pentridge), Radio Director (3LO)	Represented Tasmania at football	Player	Tas	N/A
Cazaly, Roy	1893–1963	Footballer	Footballer (State Representative for both Vic and Tas. 198 VFL Games (St Kilda and South Melbourne), 120+ Tasmanian League Games	Player	Vic, Tas	City, North Hobart, New Town
Warne-Smith, Ivor Phillip	1897–1960	Footballer, Soldier	First to win two Brownlow medals. 1949-60 chairman of selectors for Melbourne. 4 Years and 2 premierships with Latrobe	Player, Admin	Vic, Tas	Latrobe
Townley, Reginald Colin (Rex)	1904–1982	Pharmacist. State Politician, Tasmanian State cricketer	Player for North Hobart	Player	Tas	North Hobart
Townley, Athol Gordon	1905–1963	Pharmacist. Federal Politician	Player for North Hobart	Player	Tas	North Hobart
Cole, George Ronald	1908–1969	Prominent Federal Politician	Player for New Town 1928-, won the Wilson J. Bailey trophy for best and fairest in the TANFL represented his State at the 1930 carnival in Adelaide.	Player	Tas	New Town
Nash, Laurence John (Laurie)	1910–1986	Footballer	Footballer (State Representative for both Vic and Tas), Test Cricketer. 45 games for City, 99 for South Melbourne	Player	Vic, Tas	City

Victoria

Jack Ryder - Test Cricketer - Source: wikicommons

John Curtin - Prime Minister -Source:wikicommons

Doug Nicholls - Pastor - SA Governor - Source: wikicommons

Name	Dates	Wider Areas	Footballer	Type	State	Team
Clarke, Sir William John	1831–1897	Grazier, Patron	First president of the VFA in 1877	Admin	Vic	N/A
Wills, Thomas Wentworth	1835–1880	Cricketer, Footballer	Player for Geelong (mainly), 210 games until 1876.	Player	Vic	Geelong,
Harrison, Henry Colden Antill	1836–1929	Sportsman	Victorian clubs original rules were consolidated in a code drafted by Harrison. chairman in 1905 of the conference which formed the ANFC and was elected its first life member	Player, Admin	Vic	N/A
Greenfield, Alexander Mackay	1839–1922	Ballarat merchant	First captain of the Ballarat Football Club	Admin	Vic	Ballarat
Tait, George	1844–1934	Presbyterian minister and administrator	Player for Melbourne and Geelong	Player	Vic	Melbourne, Geelong
Rix, Henry Finch	1848–1906	Educationist, school inspector	Player for Carlton	Player	Vic	Carlton
Skinner, Henry Hawkins	1851–1912	Catering/liquor empire	President of the South Melbourne Football (1904-11)	Admin	Vic	South Melbourne
Beazley, William David	1854–1912	Prominent politician (Local, State), Football Administrator	Among founders of Collingwood Football Club in 1892; first club president (1892-1911)	Admin	Vic	Collingwood
Austin, Austin Albert	1855–1925	Grazier and footballer. Part of famous Austin Grazier family	Player for Geelong. Member of victorious teams of 1879 and 1881	Player	Vic	Geelong
McCracken, Alexander	1856–1915	Brewer	First Secretary and later president of the Essendon , first President of the VFL (1897-1915)	Admin	Vic	Essendon
Macdonald, Donald Alaster	1859–1932	Journalist	Cricket and football commentator, writing as 'Observer'	Media	Vic	N/A
Syme, John Herbert	1859–1939	Manager of Age and the Leader Newspapers	Player for Melbourne.	Player	Vic	Melbourne
Adamson, Lawrence Arthur	1860–1932	Headmaster Wesley College for over 30 years. Influential regarding school emphasis on sport	President of the Metropolitan Football Association for thirty-seven years	Admin	Vic	N/A
Hughes, Ernest Selwyn	1860–1942	Anglican minister	Player for St Kilda in 1890 and then Essendon, playing as an ordained priest in four premierships 1891-94	Player	Vic	St Kilda, Essendon
Lyle, Sir Thomas Ranken	1860–1944	Mathematical physicist	Served for many years on the VFL tribunal	Admin	Vic	N/A
McArthur, Sir William Gilbert Stewart	1861–1935	Judge	Player for Essendon	Player	Vic	Essendon
Worrall, John	1861–1937	Footballer, Test Cricketer	Player for Fitzroy, seven years as captain, Coach at Carlton and Essendon	Player	Vic	Fitzroy, Carton, Essendon
Zercho, Charles Henry	1866–1962	Anglican minister, school principal	Player for Essendon in 1890	Player	Vic	Essendon
Schutt, William John	1868–1933	Barrister, librarian for some fifty years of the Supreme Court of Victoria	Player for Essendon between 1889 and 1895	Player	Vic	Essendon
Hammond, Robert Brodribb Stewart	1870–1946	Anglican clergyman, Social Reformer	Player for Essendon in 1897	Player	Vic	Essendon
Wren, John	1871–1953	Entrepreneur (Liquor, betting)	Collingwood club patron and supporter	Supporter	Vic	Collingwood
Liston, John James	1872–1944	Prominent local politician, racehorse-owner	Player for Williamstown 1889, President of VFA.	Player, Admin	Vic	Williamstown
Leckie, John William (Jack)	1872–1947	Manufacturer and federal politician	Half-back for Fitzroy and member of their first premiership side in 1895. Also with Fremantle 1896-97?	Player	Vic, WA	Fitzroy, Freemantle
O'Dea, Patrick John (Pat)	1872–1962	US Gridiron player and Notre Dame Coach	Player for Melbourne in the VFA 1893-1895, then Essendon.	Player	Vic	Melbourne, Essendon
Thurgood, Albert John	1874–1927	Footballer	Player for Essendon, 3 times champion of the colony (1893, 1894 and 1901), Played in Fremantle during the 1890s	Player	Vic, WA	Essendon, Fremantle
Kinnear, Edward Hore	1874–1965	Businessmen, Footballer	Between 1894 and 1903 he played 159 games for Essendon Football Club, and was in three premiership teams	Player	Vic	Essendon
McClelland, William Caldwell	1875–1957	Football Administrator, Medical Practitioner	Player for Melbourne, Captain in 1901-04, VFL President 1926-55	Admin	Vic	Melbourne
Morgan, Valentine (Val)	1876–1952	Advertising Agent	As a boy Val sold the Record at Melbourne football matches	Other	Vic	N/A
Armstrong, Warwick Windridge	1879–1947	Test Cricketer	16 Games South Melbourne 1898-1900	Player	Vic	South Melbourne
McHale, James Francis	1881–1953	Footballer, Coach	Player for Collingwood 1903-18, Coach Collingwood 1913-50	Player	Vic	Collingwood
Hyett, Francis William (Frank)	1882–1919	Trade unionist	Player for Coburg Juniors and later Brunswick, vice-president of Carlton	Player	Vic	Brunswick
Kennedy, Sir James Arthur (Jim)	1882–1954	Minister, State Politician	Player for Essendon (1901) and Carlton (1905-07). Note - AFL Tables lists 26 VFL Games, ADB lists as 41	Player	Vic	Essendon, Carlton
Curtin, John	1885–1945	Australian Prime Minister	Player for Brunswick VFA 1903 - 1907	Player	Vic	Brunswick
Sheehan, James Michael	1885–1967	Trade unionist, politician	Richmond vice-president (1940-67)	Admin	Vic	Richmond
Whitley, Cuthbert Claude Mortier	1886–1942	Canberra Architect	Player for Hawthorn	Player	Vic	Hawthorn
McNamara, David John	1887–1967	Football Player, Administrator, Horse Trainer	Player for St Kilda 1905-1909-1914-23, First senior footballer to kick 100 goals in a season, in VFA with Essendon Association (1912) McNamara's league playing career, mostly at full-forward or centre-half forward, spanned 148 games. Later St Kilda life Member and club President	Player, Admin	Vic	Essendon Association
Lee, Walter Henry (Dick)	1889–1968	Footballer	Player for Collingwood, 17 Seasons, 2 30 games, 713 goals	Player	Vic	Collingwood
Sanderson, Robert Fitzroy	1889–1971	Manufacturer, company director and grazier, president of the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures	Player for Fitzroy reserves	Player	Vic	Fitzroy
Ryder, John (Jack)	1889–1977	Test cricketer and cricket administrator	Player for Collingwood Seconds	Player	Vic	Collingwood
Newton, Sir Wilberforce Stephen (Bill)	1890–1956	Physician	Player for Brighton	Player	Vic	Brighton
Brake, John	1890–1970	Scientist, Farmer, Public Servant, Soldier	Player for University and Melbourne, (98 games) chaired the VFL tribunal for over twenty years	Player, Admin	Vic	University, Melbourne
McBrien, Likely Herman	1892–1956	Football Administrator and politician	A committee-member (from 1912) of the South Melbourne club, he was honorary secretary (1922) and president (1929). On 28 May 1929 'Like' was appointed secretary of the Victorian Football League, a position he held until March 1956	Admin	Vic	South Melbourne
Fraser, Alexander John	1892–1965	Soldier, Politician	Player for Melbourne	Player	Vic	Melbourne
Cazaly, Roy	1893–1963	Footballer	Player for St Kilda and South Melbourne. 99 games for each. Also 120+ games in Tasmania and time in the VFA	Player	Vic, Tas	St Kilda, South Melbourne, Various other
Ruthven, William	1893–1970	Victoria Cross winner and politician	Official timekeeper for Collingwood and a foundation member of its social club.	Supporter	Vic	Collingwood
Luke, Sir Kenneth George (Ken)	1896–1971	Metal-spinning and silverware manufacturer	President of the Carlton 1938-55. VFL vice-president (1946-55), VFL president (1956-71).	Admin	Vic	Carlton
Buggy, Edward Hugh	1896–1974	Newspaper Journalist	Argus chief football-writer 1951-1957	Media	Vic	N/A
Warne-Smith, Ivor Phillip	1897–1960	Footballer, Soldier	First to win two Brownlow medals. 1949-60 chairman of selectors for Melbourne. 4 Years and 2 premierships with Latrobe	Player, Admin	Vic, Tas	Melbourne, Latrobe
Chadwick, Sir Albert Edward (Bert)	1897–1983	Footballer, Chairman Gas and Fuel Corporation, president of the Melbourne Cricket Club (1965-78)	Player for Melbourne (158 Games), Hawthorn Coach	Player	Vic	Melbourne, Hawthorn
Furnell, Herbert Giblin (Harry)	1898–1973	Soldier, Doctor	Player for Carlton	Player	Vic	Carlton
Coventry, Sydney Alfred (Syd)	1899–1976	Footballer	Player for Collingwood, Captain of Collingwood when they won four consecutive VFL premierships	Player	Vic	Collingwood
McDonell, Alexander	1900–1980	Educational administrator	Called Australian Rules football for the Australian Broadcasting Commission in the late 1930s.	Media	Vic	N/A
Kennelly, Patrick John (Pat)	1900–1981	State, Federal Politician	Richmond vice-president, chairman of selectors,and life member	Admin	Vic	Richmond
Stewart, Bernard Denis	1900–1988	Catholic bishop	Player for Prahran, Links to Essendon, known as 'the Dons’ bishop'	Player, Supporter	Vic	Prahran, Essendon
Shepherd, Alfred Ernest (Ernie)	1901–1958	Trade unionist, politician	Honorary secretary of Footscray (1930) and Footscray District Football League (1933-45). In addition, he was a VFL second division umpire. Life member Footscray and FDFL	Admin	Vic	Footscray
Coventry, Gordon Richard	1901–1968	Footballer	Player for Collingwood 306 games, 1299 goals	Player	Vic	Collingwood
Richardson, Sir Horace Frank	1901–1983	Retailer and company director	Player for Melbourne, 2 Games	Player	Vic	Melbourne
Laidlaw, David Kersell	1902–1979	Clothing manufacturer (Yakka)	Player for East Brunswick club (150+ games)	Player	Vic	East Brunswick
Greeves, Edward Goderich (Carji)	1903–1963	Footballer	Player for Geelong	Player	Vic	Geelong
Chandler, Sir Gilbert Lawrence	1903–1974	Prominent State Politician thirty-eight years in parliament	Player for Hawthorn 1928 (1 Game)	Player	Vic	Hawthorn
Purcell, Richard Leo	1904–1984	Political activist and co-operative housing founder,	Player for Collingwood seconds	Player	Vic	Collingwood
Banks, Norman Tyrell	1905–1985	47-year broadcasting career, mainly radio from 1930's-70s	Bank's influential shows included football on Saturdays	Media	Vic	N/A
Nicholls, Sir Douglas Ralph (Doug)	1906–1988	Footballer, pastor, activist and governor	Player for Northcote, Fitzroy, Victorian Interstate Representative	Player	Vic	Northcote, Fitzroy
Dunn, Raymond Hudson	1910-1971	Prominent Defence Attorney	Richmond Club Vice President 1940-, President 1964-71	Admin	Vic	Richmond
Nash, Laurence John (Laurie)	1910–1986	Footballer	Footballer (State Representative for both Vic and Tas), Test Cricketer. 45 games for City, 99 for South Melbourne	Player	Vic, Tas	South Melbourne, City
Galbally, John William (Jack)	1910–1990	Barrister, State politician	Player for Collingwood (7 games), Collingwood vice-president (1951-62)	Player, Admin	Vic	Collingwood
Palmer, Ambrose Harold	1910–1990	Boxer, boxing trainer and Australian rules footballer	Player for Footscray, 83 Games	Player	Vic	Footscray
Bunton, Haydn William	1911–1955	Footballer	3 time Brownlow Winner, 3 time Sandover medal Winner	Player	Vic, WA, SA	Fitzroy, Subiaco, North Adelaid
McLean, Allan Robert Charles	1914–1989	Cricketer, Footballer	5 St Kilda. SA league total of 222. On nine occasions he appeared for South Australia. State selector for sixteen years, he chaired the panel on several occasions. In 1959 he was awarded SANFL life membership. He compiled a club history	Player, Admin	SA, Vic	Norwood, Port Adelaide, St Kilda
Smith, Norman Walter	1915–1973	Football player/Coach	Player for Melbourne (210 games), Coach of Melbourne for six premierships	Player	Vic	Melbourne
Truscott, Keith William (Bluey)	1916–1943	Footballer, Air Force Pilot	Player for Melbourne	Player	Vic	Melbourne
O’Toole, John (Jack)	1917–1983	policeman and woodchopper	Player for Hawthorn reserves	Player	Vic	Hawthorn
Elliot, Douglas George (Doug)	1917–1989	TV/Radio Personality	Sports Parade’ on 3KZ, World of Sport segments	Media	Vic	N/A
Cordner, George Denis Pruen	1924–1990	Footballer, managing director of ICI Australia	Player for Melbourne. Captain and 152 Games	Player	Vic	Melbourne
Coleman, John Douglas	1928–1973	Footballer	Player for Essendon. AFL Team of the Century as Full Forward. Premiership Coach	Player	Vic	Essendon

Western Australia

NipperTruscott - Footballer - Source:wikicommons

Jerry Dolan - Footballer, Politician - Source: wikicommons

HughieEdwards - Air force officer, Governor - Source: wikicommons

Name	Dates	Wider Areas	Footballer	Type	State	Team
Leckie, John William (Jack)	1872–1947	Manufacturer and federal politician	Half-back for Fitzroy and member of their first premiership side in 1895. Also with Fremantle 1896-97?	Player	Vic, WA	Fremantle
Thurgood, Albert John	1874–1927	Footballer	Player for Essendon, 3 times champion of the colony (1893, 1894 and 1901), Played in Fremantle during the 1890s	Player	Vic, WA	Fremantle
Simons, John Joseph (Jack)	1882–1948	Politician, established the Young Australia League	Secretary of the WANFL in 1905-14, founder of the Young Australia Football League (1905)	Admin	WA	N/A
Matson, Phillip Henry	1884–1928	Footballer	Represented SA in 1909-10 and WA in 1908, 1911 and 1914 (as captain) in interstate matches.	Player	SA, WA	Sturt, North Fremantle, Subiaco, East Perth
Truman, John	1884–1965	Farming industry leader, Soldier	Reconstituted the local football association: as its president, he donated the Truman Shield and his barracking for Calingiri teams became legendary.	Admin	WA	Calingiri
Truscott, William John	1886–1966	Footballer	Player for East Fremantle 1913-1927, enjoying success as player, captain and captain-coach	Player	WA	East Fremantle
Fry, Alfred Narroway	1892–1979	Musician, Soldier, Farmer	Player for South Fremantle.	Player	WA	South Fremantle
Dolan, John (Jerry)	1901–1986	Footballer, Labour Organiser and State Politician	Player for East Fremantle and East Perth. Sixteen seasons in the WANFL 1923-38	Player	WA	East Fremantle, East Perth
McRae, William Alexander	1904–1973	Congregationalist minister, Cricketer	Captained West Perth Football Club briefly in 1928	Player	WA	West Perth
Bunton, Haydn William	1911–1955	Footballer	3 time Brownlow medal Winner, 3 time Sandover medal Winner	Player	Vic, WA, SA	Subiaco
Cronin, Deverick John (Mick)	1911–1979	Footballer and commentator	Player for East Perth, 164 games between 1930 and 1940	Player	WA	East Perth
Edwards, Sir Hughie Idwal	1914–1982	Air force officer, businessman and governor	Player for South Fremantle	Player	WA	South Fremantle
McLean, William John (Jack)	1918–1963	Air Force Pilot, Olympian (UK)	Player for Claremont, WANFL leading goal-kicker 1938.	Player	WA	Claremont

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