AFL Hall of Fame 2022

Port Adelaide champion Russell Ebert has been elevated to Legend status and eight new members of the Australian Football Hall of Fame have been revealed.

Cashion played 14 games for Tasmania and received the Tassie Medal in 1950. Dempsey was a three-time NT Premership player and three-time WA Premership player as well as playing 343 games for West Perth which is the second most WAFL games ever played. The committee considers candidates on the basis of record, ability, integrity, sportsmanship and character. - 14 games for WA The late Ted Tyson was celebrated with 228 games for West Perth and being named a two-time WAFL leading goalkicker and six-time Century goalkicker. Taylor has also been recognised as a Norwood Football Club Hall of Fame Legend.

Nicky Winmar, the former St Kilda champion, was finally honoured with Australian Football Hall of Fame status after having been eligible since 2005.

“If Nicky had it anywhere in the middle of the ground you knew you were going to be a chance. A lot of opposition, they might not have admitted it at the time, but I think they loved watching him play too.” They may not have won a premiership together but Winmar and Lockett gave St Kilda fans so much joy at Moorabbin.

Nearly 30 years after Nicky Winmar's famous stand against racism, the Australian Football Hall of Fame honours the footballer as well as the fighter.

He is in the WA, NT and Indigenous teams of the century. The late Ted Tyson kicked 1203 goals in 228 games for West Perth, at the Hudson-esque rate of 5.25. And the late Terry Cashion won seven best and fairests as a rover for four Tasmanian clubs on either side of World War II and is in the Tasmanian team of the century. As the VFL/AFL games record-holder, he demanded a seat at the table. It could have been him floating to the fall of the ball and screwing another goal around his body: left foot or right, it was all the same. At his best, he was a sublime footballer, light, balanced and skilful, the acme of what was then a recognisably West Australian style. Also less remembered is that Winmar did not play for the next three weeks because of a fallout with the club. This might explain why it has taken more than 20 years for him to achieve Hall of Fame honours. With less support than he would get now, Winmar’s footy journey was tempestuous, and his life since has had its ups and downs. Go back now and you can hear the commentators’ voices rise with the crowd’s in anticipation whenever he went near the ball. There’s Brent “Boomer” Harvey flitting and bouncing around the North Melbourne packs for 21 years. He was a catalyst. The jumper has become a museum artefact.

The AFL's all-time games record-holder and North Melbourne premiership player Brent Harvey has tonight been immortalised with his induction into the ...

John Rantall (1996) Malcolm Blight (1996) He epitomises professionalism.