List of VFL/AFL commissioners and club presidents

This is a listing of all the commissioners and club presidents of the VFL/AFL.

An independent VFL Commission was formed in 1985, being renamed the AFL Commission in 1990 in line with the competition.

In 1993, the AFL Commission assumed power from the clubs, and the AFL Board of Directors was dissolved. Later that year, the AFL Commission assumed control of Australian rules football when it absorbed the ANFC.

A separate role of AFL Chairman was subsequently created (see below).

VFL President (1897-1985), VFL/AFL Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (since 1985)

Name Term in office Club
Alex McCracken1897–1915Essendon [1]
Oliver Maurice Williams1915–1917 [2]Melbourne [3]
Chas Brownlow1917–1919 [4]Geelong
Walter Baldwin Spencer1919–1926Carlton
William C. McClelland1926–1955Melbourne [5]
Sir Kenneth Luke1956–1971 [6]Carlton
Sir Maurice Nathan1971–1977Carlton
Allen Aylett1977–1983North Melbourne
Jack Hamilton1983–1986Collingwood [7]
Ross Oakley1986–1996St. Kilda [8]
Wayne Jackson1996–2003 [9] Independent
Andrew Demetriou2003–2014
Gillon McLachlan2014–present

AFL Chairman (since 1993)

Name Term in office
John Kennedy, Sr.1993–1997
Ron Evans AM1997–2007
Mike Fitzpatrick2007–2017
Richard Goyder2017–present

Club Presidents

Adelaide

Brisbane Bears/Lions

  • Paul Cronin (1987-1990)[11]
  • Noel Gordon (1990–1999)
  • Alan Piper (1999–2000)
  • Graeme Downie (2000–2006)
  • Tony Kelly (2006–2010)
  • Angus Johnson (2010–2013)
  • Bob Sharpless (2013–2017)
  • Andrew Wellington (2017–present)

Carlton

Collingwood

Essendon

  • Robert McCracken (1877-1885)[13]
  • James Robertson (1886)
  • Alexander McCracken (1887–1903)
  • W Kent-Hughes (1904–1907)
  • A L Crichton (1908–1919)
  • W Raper (1920–1925)
  • A F McGowan (1926–1929)
  • F F Campbell (1930–1934)
  • A F Showers (1935–1940)
  • N H Mirams (1940)
  • W R Crichton (1941–1959)
  • W G Brew (1959–1968)
  • Allan Hird Snr (1969–1975)
  • Colin Stubbs (1976–1980)
  • Greg Sewell (1981–1987)
  • Ron Evans (1988–1992)
  • David Shaw (1992–1996)
  • Graeme McMahon (1996–2003)
  • Neil McKissock (2003–2006)
  • Ray Horsburgh (2006–2009)
  • David Evans (2009–2013)
  • Paul Little (2013–2015)
  • Lindsay Tanner (2015–2020)
  • Paul Brasher (2020 – present)

Fitzroy

  • John McMahon (1884-1887)[14]
  • Robert Best (1887-1910)
  • Don Chandler (1910-1930)
  • Bill Hannah (1930-1932)
  • Alec Sloan (1932-1933)
  • Ossie Porter (1933-1936)
  • Bill Raymond (1936-1938)
  • Harold McLennan (1938-1947)
  • George Hook (1947-1951)
  • Les Phelan (1951-1964)
  • Ern Joseph (1964-1975)
  • Frank Bibby (1975-1980)
  • Keith Wiegard (1980-1984)
  • Bruce White (1984-1985)
  • Leon Wiegard (1985-1991)
  • Dyson Hore-Lacy (1991–1996)

Fremantle

  • Ross Kelly (1995–1998, Chairman)
  • Ross McLean (1999–2001, Chairman)
  • Rick Hart (2002 – 2009, titled Chairman until 2004, President since 2005)
  • Steve Harris (2009–2016)
  • Dale Alcock (2016 – present)

Geelong

  • P. Dwyer (1878) [15]
  • James Wilson Sr (1878-1883)
  • J. Hopkins (1884-1885)
  • F. Orchard (1886)
  • J. Wilson (1887-1888)
  • J. Sommers (1889)
  • G. W. Steedman (1890)
  • JH Grey (1891–1899)
  • J McMullen (1900–1902)
  • HB Hodges (1903–1909)
  • AH Bowman (1910–1920)
  • Brig. Gen. R Smith (1921–1922)
  • Cr WL Carr (1922)
  • Dr JE Piper (1923–1926)
  • Cr JA Thear (1927–1929)
  • M Jacobs (1930–1938)
  • TB Hawkes (1939)
  • BNM Collins (1940–1945)
  • Jack Jennings (1946–1970)
  • Vern Johnstone (1971–1973)
  • Neil Trezise (1974–1975)
  • MO Graham (1976–1979)
  • JN McHolt (1980–1982)
  • Dr KLC Threlfall (1983–1987)
  • W Bannon (1987–1988)
  • Ron Hovey OAM (1988–1998)
  • Frank Costa (1998–2010)
  • Colin Carter (2011–present)

Gold Coast

Greater Western Sydney

Hawthorn

  • J. C. Watts (1902)
  • George Swinburne (1903)
  • C. O. Shave (1906)
  • Col. Pleasants (1907)
  • W. M. Burton (1908-1909, 1912)
  • H. Henningsen (1910)
  • Charles Bethune (1911, 1914-1915)
  • Cr. Wood (1913)
  • W. H. "Bill" Hulse (1916)
  • Edward Ward (1919)
  • F. O. Small (1920)
  • J. "Bill" Kennon (1921–1931)
  • Dr Jacob Jona J.P. (1932–1949)
  • David Prentice (1949–1953)
  • A. "Sandy" Ferguson (1953–1968)
  • Phil Ryan (1968–1980)
  • Ron Cook (1980–1988)
  • Trevor Coote (1988–1994)
  • Geoff Lord (1994–1995)
  • Brian Coleman (1995–1996)
  • Ian Dicker (1996–2005)
  • Jeff Kennett (2005–2011, 2017–present)
  • Andrew Newbold (2011–2016)
  • Richard Garvey (2016–2017)[16][17]

Melbourne

North Melbourne/Kangaroos

  • John McIndoe (1869-1871) [19]
  • R. J. Alcock (1872-1873)
  • Dr. Burke (1874)
  • R. Sutcliffe (1875, 1877-1881)
  • E. Harcourt (1882-1885)
  • R. K. Montgomerie (1886)
  • M. Evans (1887-1891)
  • J. Barwise (1892-1895, 1897)
  • N. M. O'Donnell (1896)
  • D. Wadick (1898)
  • W. H. Fuller (1899-1900)
  • James Gardiner (1901)
  • G. M. Prendergast (1902-1911)
  • Clem Davidson (1912-1919)
  • T. F. Jenyns (1920)
  • B. Deveney (1921)
  • George E Ravenhall (1922-1923)
  • A. J. Russell (1924)
  • Patrick Sullivan (1924–1928)
  • Dr D Berman (1928)
  • Arthur Calwell (1928–1934)
  • Dr D Berman (1934–1937)
  • Frank Trainor (1937–1952)
  • Johnny Meere (1952–1953)
  • Phonse Tobin (1953–1956)
  • Alex Marr (1956–1962)
  • Jack Adams (1962–1965)
  • Tony Trainor (1965–1971)
  • Allen Aylett (1971–1977)
  • Lloyd Holyoak (1977–1980)
  • Al Mantello (1980)
  • Bob Ansett (1980–1992)
  • Ron Casey (1992–2000)
  • Andrew Carter (2000–2001)
  • Allen Aylett (2001–2005)
  • Graham Duff (2005–2007)
  • John Magowan (2007)
  • James Brayshaw (2007–2016)
  • Ben Buckley (2016–present)

Port Adelaide

  • J. Hart Snr (1870-1879)
  • J. Formby (1880-1892)
  • J. Cleave (1893-1894)
  • W. Fisher (1895-1900)
  • R. Cruickshank (1901)
  • W.E. Mattinson (1902-1911)
  • R. Cruickshank (1912)
  • Dr A.V. Benson (1913-1921)
  • S.H. Skipper (1922-1925)
  • Dr P.T.S. Cherry (1927-1931, 1937-1949)
  • C.T. Gunn (1932-1936)
  • Dr.W.H. Baudinet (1950-1951)
  • F.B. Harvey (1952-1972)
  • K.L. Duthie (1973-1985)
  • B.H. Weber (1986-1992)
  • Greg Boulton (1993–2008)
  • Brett Duncanson (2008–2012)
  • David Koch (2013–present)

Richmond

St Kilda

South Melbourne/Sydney

  • A. Brown (1881) [21]
  • Henry Dodds (1881-1891)
  • A. G. Major (1895, 1898)
  • Dr Thomson (1896)
  • John Sloss (1897)
  • Thomas Craine (1899-1903)
  • Henry Hawkins Skinner (1904-1911)
  • George A. Emslie (1912-1917)
  • Joseph Francis Hannon (1919)
  • Robert Melville Cuthbertson (1920-1928)
  • Jack Rohan (1929-1932)
  • Archie Crofts (1933-1937)
  • J. D. M. Dickson (1938-1941)
  • Lionel Newton (1942-1945)
  • J. P. Cullen (1946-1959)
  • W. R. Tait (1960-1963)
  • R. C. Warner (1963)
  • C. V. Ridgway (1964-1967)
  • Brian Bourke (1967-1972)
  • S. Keane (1972-1973)
  • K. G. Hooker (1974-1975)
  • Craig Kimberley (1976-1977, 1986-1988)
  • G. Camakaris (1977-1978)
  • Graeme John (1978–1981)
  • Jack Marks (1981–1985)
  • Dr. Geoffrey Edelsten (1985–1986)
  • Peter Weinert (1988–1993)
  • Richard Colless (1993–2013)
  • Andrew Pridham (2013 – present)

Footscray/Western Bulldogs

  • David Mitchell (1886-1893) [22]
  • James Tucker (1893-1894)
  • James Cuming (1894-1911)
  • Frank Shillabeer (1911-1912)
  • Arch Crow (1912-1921)
  • George Sayer (1922, 1926)
  • James Stephens (1923)
  • George Farnsworth (1924)
  • L. Caldecott (1925)
  • Kevin McCarthy (1926-1938)
  • Bert Jamieson (1938-1941)
  • Con Curtain (1941-1946)
  • Otto Grobbecker (1946-1949, 1953-1955)
  • Con Weickhardt (1949-1952)
  • Bernie Barry (1955-1960)
  • Harry Dolphin (1960-1962)
  • Jim Miller (1962-1966)
  • Jack Collins (1966-1973)
  • Dick Collinson (1973-1978)
  • Charlie Sutton (1979-1981)
  • G. Gray (1981-1981)
  • Tony Capes (1982-1988)
  • Barry Beattie (1988-1989)
  • Nick Columb (1989–1989)
  • Peter Gordon (1989–1996, 2012–present)
  • David Smorgon (1996–2012)

West Coast

  • Richard Colless (1987)
  • Neil Hamilton (1987–89)
  • Terry O'Connor (1989–92)
  • Dwane Buckland (1992–96)
  • Murray McHenry (1996–98)
  • Michael Smith (1998–2002)
  • Dalton Gooding (2002–2007)
  • Mark Barnaba (2007–10)
  • Alan Cransberg (2010–2016)
  • Russell Gibbs (2016–present)

References

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