THIS WEEKS GAMES
THIS WEEKS GAMES
THIS WEEKS GAMES
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VIEW FROM HERE |Hall of Fame - Recognising those who contribute to Tasmanian Football<br />
Last night was the seventh year that AFL Tasmania has presented our Tasmanian Football Hall<br />
of Fame induction dinner, which is the final and most significant element of the annual Hall of<br />
Fame project.<br />
Following our 2004 Tasmanian Team of the Century<br />
project, establishing a Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame<br />
was a natural progression. Our Tasmanian Football<br />
Hall of Fame is uniquely different to a number of other<br />
football and sporting Hall of Fame events throughout the<br />
nation.<br />
Tasmanian football’s is unique for the following reasons:<br />
1. We have three levels of induction – inductees can<br />
then be elevated to a ‘Legend’ and then a Legend<br />
can be further elevated to ‘Icon’ status.<br />
We have done this because we believe it is important<br />
to recognise the wonderful contribution of the many<br />
great players, coaches, umpires, administrators,<br />
members of the media, club volunteers and sports<br />
trainers whom have contributed to community<br />
football in all three regions of Tasmania or on a<br />
nation scale. To date we have 257 Inductees which<br />
is still not that many when you consider that this<br />
covers almost 150 years of football in Tasmania.<br />
However, to become one of the now 36 legends your<br />
contribution has had to be enormously significant<br />
and then to be elevated to be one only 10 icons your<br />
contribution to our game has had to be significant on<br />
a nation scale.<br />
Icons in Tasmania’s Hall of Fame will be considered<br />
for nomination for inclusion in the Australian Football<br />
Hall of Fame and to the Tasmanian Sporting Hall of<br />
Fame.<br />
2. A key aspect of our Hall of Fame is also the annual<br />
induction of community football aspects of our great<br />
game, those being enshrined under three special<br />
categories (including 2011 inductees):<br />
- Great Club – Clarence District Football Club<br />
- Legendary Team – Ulverstone’s 1976 state<br />
premiership team<br />
- Memorable Game – Tasmanian Devils versus<br />
Geelong Cats in 2003 VFL final at Bellerive Oval,<br />
being synonymous of a golden era of Tasmanian<br />
football finals in the VFL.<br />
We have and will also continue to induct special<br />
category elements into our Hall of Fame, the<br />
most famous example being the induction of the<br />
Queenstown ‘gravel’ Oval in 2007.<br />
These community football inductions enable AFL<br />
Tasmania to “tell and record the story” of Tasmanian<br />
football at the same time that we pay tribute and<br />
recognise the significant contribution of many individuals<br />
to our game in Tasmania or nationally.<br />
With Rodney Eade elevated to Icon, Bob ‘ Tassie’<br />
Johnson elevated to Legend and the induction of people<br />
such as Ben Harrison, Trent Nicholls, and Simon Minton-<br />
Connell this reinforces our recognition of those who have<br />
performed on the national football stage.<br />
However, the elevation of Ivor Warne-Smith and Colin<br />
Robertson to Legends and also the induction of the<br />
likes of Max Griffiths, Wayne Wing and Graham Fox<br />
demonstrate we will always recognise those who<br />
perform in Tasmania<br />
Shaun Young<br />
General Manager<br />
Wrest Point State League<br />
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