Life Members

32. RODNEY JOHNSTONE (2008)

426

MEN’S SECRETARY 1994 – 98, 2001 – 03, 2006
U/AGE COACH/ASSISTANT 1989, 2006-2008
METRO MEN SENIOR COACH 2003-2010
400+ GAMES

31. GREG HOPKINS (2007)

443

MEN’S SENIOR COACH 1089-1991
JUNIOR TEAMS COACH 10+ YEARS
JUNIOR SECTION COMMITTEE 10+ YEARS
BOARD MEMBER 2 YEARS
CLUB CHAMPION: BOYS 1978-1979, SENIORS 1979, 1987, 1988
600+ GAMES

30. ERIC THOMAS (2004)

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  • TREASURER: 1943-47
  • VAHA DELEGATE: 1943-47
  • PRESS SECRETARY:  1945-47
  • SOCIAL TREASURER: 1948
  • U/AGE COACH: 1945-54, 57, 93 (produced 6 future mens club champions)
  • VIC COLTS: 1946
  • MENS CLUB CHAMPION: 1945-1946

29. JULIE-ANNE SHEEHAN (1999)

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  • ASSISTANT SECRETARY: 1978-79
  • SOCIAL SECRETARY: 1982
  • U/AGE SECRETARY: 1983-85
  • LADIES SECRETARY: 1986-89
  • 400 + SENIOR GAMES

28. HARRY ZACHARIOU (1995)

Harry Zac

  • PROPERTY STEWARD: 1980
  • PROMOTIONS: 1990-91
  • U/AGE SECRETARY:  1992-96
  • 400 + SENIOR GAMES

27. BRENDAN SHEEHAN (19 90)

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  • VICE PRESIDENT: 1977
  • U/AGE SEC: 1978-79, 81, 86,-89, 03-10
  • MENS SEC: 19882-85, 90-93, 99-00
  • PLANNING: 1995
  • PRESIDENT: 1999
  • 400+ SENIOR GAMES
  • MENS COACH: 1977-79, 81, 83
  • FIRST XI P/SHIP: (PLAYER/COACH): 1977
  • U/AGE COACH: 25+ YEARS

26. NEIL COSTER (1982)

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JUNIOR COACH 1975 – 77
SOCIAL SEC: 1976, 86-88, 91-92, 98
VICE PRES: 1978-81
FUND-RAISING: 1983-85, 97
PRES: 1985-88, 91-94, 96-98, 02-1
BAR/KITCHEN: 1993-96,01-02
PLANNING: 2003-10
950 + GAMES (CLUB RECORD)
FIRST XI P/SHIP: 1977
CLUB CHAMP: BOYS ’64, MENS 1981, 1982
MENS COACH: 1980
VETS-VIC: 1987-2010, AUST (O/55) 2005
FOOTSCRAY HOCKEY CLUB REPRESENTATIVE FOR COMMONWEALTH GAMES TRAINING VENUE 2005-2006
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT MCIVOR RESERVE SPORTS CENTRE UPGRADE 1993-1994, 2000, 2009
AUSTRALIAN VETERANS CHAMPIONSHIP COORDINATOR FOOTSCRAY/ALTONA 2009
LIFE MEMBER OF AUSTRALIAN VETERANS  2009
VICTORIAN HOCKEY ASSOCIATION – METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBER 2007 – 2010
MANAGER AUSTRALIAN 40’S  2006 -2010
RESERVE AUSTRALIAN KEEPER 2006,07,08,09,10

25. CHRISTINE HENDERSON (1981)

023

  • ASSIST. TREASURER: 1969-70
  • LADIES SECRETARY: 1971-76
  • U/AGE SECRETARY: 1996-97, 1999
  • UMPIRING COACH: 1996-99
  • 300 + SENIOR GAMES

24. LEON GALE (1979)

018

  • TREASURER: 1972-78, 80-84, 91-10
  • VICE PRESIDENT: 1979
  • PRESIDENT: 1982-84
  • 600 + SENIOR GAMES

23. LYN McPHERSON (1978)

022

  • COMMITTEE PERSON: 1959, 66-68
  • LADIES SEC: 1960-63
  • ASSISTANT SEC: 1965
  • 400 + SENIOR GAMES
  • LADIES CLUB CHAMPION: 1960
  • LADIES COACH: 1962

22. VAL SWANN (1977)

017

  • COMMITTEE PERSON: 1964, 19
  • ASST TREASURER: 1974
  • U/AGE SEC: 1975-77
  • SOCIAL SEC: 1979

21. BARRY REEVES (1976)

014

  • VICE PRES: 1962-63, 1976
  • COMMITTEE PERSON: 196
  • 300 + SENIOR GAMES

20. GRAHAM WHINNEY (1975)

020

  • COMMITTEE PERSON: 1966-68
  • MENS SEC: 1969-77, 80-81
  • PROP STEWARD: 1975
  • U/AGE SEC: 1998
  • 750 + SENIOR GAMES
  • FIRST XI P/SHIP: 1977
  • VIC VETS (o/45): 1998

19. HARRY SWANN (1974)

021

  • COMMITTEE PERSON: 11958, 1963
  • TREASURER: 1963
  • 500 + SENIOR GAMES

18. CLYDE ASHER (1968)

  • SOCIAL SECRETARY: 1949-50
  • COMMITTEE PERSON: 1950
  • TREASURER: 1951-52
  • VICE PRESIDENT: 1954-57, 64-70
  • PROPERTY STEWARD: 1966-
  • 300 + SENIOR GAMES

17. RON SMALLEY (1967)

012

  • U/AGE + SOCIAL SEC: 1959
  • ASSISTANT SECRETARY: 1960
  • MENS SECRETARY: 1961-63, 65
  • TREASURER: 1964-66
  • VICE PRESIDENT: 1964
  • AUSTRALIAN UMPIRE

16. BOBBIE SPEED (1965)

016

  • VICE PRESIDENT: 1960, 64-65
  • COMMITTEE PERSON: 1961
  • SOCIAL SECRETARY: 1962-63
  • ASSISTANT SECRETARY: 1974

15. ALBY SPEED (1962)

019

  • COMMITTEE PERSON: 1953-55
  • MENS SECRETARY : 1956-60
  • VICE PRESIDENT: 1961
  • PRESIDENT: 1962-76, 78, 81
  • GROUNDS/PAVILION: 2002-04
  • 946 GAMES
  • MENS CLUB CHAMPION: 1973-74
  • FIRST  XI P/SHIPS: 1955, 1977
  • MENS COACH: 1960, 62-71, 76
  • VIC/AUST VET’S REP: 1980-2004

14. HARRY BROWNING (1961)

010

  • COMMITTEE PERSON: 1951-53
  • VICE PRESIDENT: 1957-58
  • TREASURER: 1959-60
  • VIC U/21: 1949
  • FIRST XI P/SHIPS: 1955, 1958

13. ALLEN HERIOT (1960)

003

  • COMM. PERSON: 1949-50, 56-57
  • VICE PRES: 1951-55, 1958
  • PRESIDENT: 1959-61
  • FIRST XI P/SHIP: 1955
  • MENS CLUB CHAMP: 1957
  • COACH: 1959

12. VIC HANDLEY (1958)

008

  • COMMITTEE PERSON: 1951-52
  • VICE PRES: 1955-58

11. BOB BLACKBELL (1955)

006

  • TREASURER: 1953-57
  • VICE PRES: 1965-68, 71-72
  • CLUB AUDITOR FOR MANY YEARS
  • FIRST XI P/SHIP: 1940
  • INTERNATIONAL UMPIRE

10. RON WALSH (1955)

002

  • FOUNDATION MEMBER
  • VICE PRES: 1936-38, 1949-55
  • COMMITTEE PERSON: 1948

9. CLIFF ACTION (1949)

011

  • VICE PRESIDENT: 1946-48
  • SECRETARY: 1950
  • PRESIDENT: 1953-58
  • FATHER OF AUSTRALIAN PLAYER BEN ACTION
  • NEVER PLAYED

8. RON GOVAN (1947)

001

  • FOUNDATION MEMBER
  • COMMITTEE PERSON: 1937-39
  • SECRETARY: 1940-42
  • VICE PRES: 1953, 66, 68-70
  • U/AGE SEC: 1965-67
  • ORIGINAL TEAM MEMBER: 1935
  • VIC U/21: 1938
  • COACH: 1939-41
  • FIRST XI P/SHIPS: 1936, 1940
  • MENS CLUB CHAMP: 1937-38, 1940

7. GEORGE SIGLEY (1947)

004

  • FOUNDATION MEMBER/OFFICE BEARER
  • PRESIDENT: 1946-48
  • SOCIAL SECRETARY: 1954
  • VICE PRESIDENT: 1954-55
  • BUCK SIGLEY’S BROTHER, FATHER OF MEDIA IDENTITY ERNIE SIGLEY

6. EVA BRIGGS (1946)

Eva Briggs

  • LADIES COACH: 1939-46
  • COMM.PERSON: 1940,45-47
  • LADIES SEC: 1942-44
  • FIRST XI P/SHIP (BOTH PLAYER + COACH) 1939, 1941

5. JIM NOONAN (1944)

005

  • FOUNDATION MEMBER/OFFICE BEARER
  • SECRETARY: 1935,37-39
  • VICE PRES: 1937-39, 46-47
  • PRESIDENT: 1944-45
  • FIRST XI P/SHIP: 1936

4. MRS A MOORE (1944)

013

  • VICE PRES: 1939-46
  • NON PLAYER (DAUGHTER YVONNE WAS WOMENS CLUB CHAMP – 1939
  • SOCIALLY INVOLVED

3. STAN GOVAN

009

  • VICE PRES: 1937-47
  • UNCLE OF LIFE MEMBER RON GOVAN
  • NEVER PLAYED

2. HAZEL HOLLAND (1941)

024

  • FOUNDATION MEMBER
  • ASSIST. SEC:  1939-48
  • SOCIAL SEC: 1940
  • VICE PRES: 1947-48
  • PLAYER/COACH

1. H (BUCK) SIGLEY (1941)

007

  • FOUNDING MEMBER/OFFICE-BEARER
  • TREASURER: 1936-37
  • MENS SEC: 1947
  • 400+SENIOR GAMES
  • MENS CLUB CHAMPION: 1935-36,43
  • FIRST XI PREMIERSHIP: 1936
  • COACH: 1943-44,46-48