LIFE MEMBERS

Life Membership was first awarded in 1961 and is the highest honor bestowed by the South Rabbitohs, recognising extraordinary service to the Club over an extended period.

The Hon. Anthony Albanese (2013) Mr Eric Michael Robinson (2003) Mr Ivan Jones (2002, 2015) Mr Michael Andrews (1996) Mr Bradford Varley Ryder (2013) Mr John Jones (1998, 1998) Mr (2014) Mr Paul Joseph Sait (1991) Mr Harold Kadwell (1991, 1999) Mr Darrell Bampton, OAM (1994) Mr John Sattler (1972) Mr Clement Kennedy (1978, 2010) Ms Michelle Booth (2018) Mr Eric Simms (1974) Mr Don Lane (1973, 2009) Mr David Boyle (1997) Mr Gary Stevens (1987) Mr Kevin Lang (1989, 2017) Mr Arthur Branighan (2012) Mr Wayne Stevens (1993) Mr John Lawrence (1967, 1973) Mr Raymond Branighan (1991) Mr Kenneth Stewart (1994) Mr Victor Lawrence (1996, 2008) The Hon. Laurence Brereton (2014) Mr Kerry Stokes, AC (2004) Mr Ronald Lisle (1992, 2003) Mr Stanley Browne (2019) Mr Luke Stuart (2012) Mr Albert Lupton (1985, 1993) Mr Neville Cameron (1992) Mr Peter Tunks (2011) Mr Charles Lynch (1967, 1968) Mrs Joyce Churchill (2007) Mr Elwyn Walters (2004) Mr James Mason (1965, 2005) Mr Jason Clark (2019) Mr Michael Whitney (2009) Mr Thomas McDowell (1995, 1998) The Hon. Michael Cleary, AO (1980) Mr Jeffrey Withers (2003) Mr John McGrath (1963, 1966) Mr Craig Coleman (1995) DECEASED Ms Eileen McLoughlin (2002, 2013) Mr Ronald Coote, AM (1990) (Year Awarded, Year Deceased) Mr Robert Moses (2009, 2018) Dr Terry Coulits (2015) Mr Norman Nilson (1962, 2017) Mr Sidney Anderson (1962, 1987) Mr Russell Crowe (2004) Mr Alfred O’Connor (1963, 1970) Mr Harold Baker (1963, 1965) Mr Lesley Davidson (2007) Mr Patrick O’Grady (1998, 2005) Mr Samuel Ball (1961, 1969) Mr Andrew Denton (2010) Mr John O’Neill (1984, 1999) Mr Leslie Bell (1962, 2003) Mr John ‘Mick’ Falla (1991) Mr Richard Powell (2004, 2019) Mr Cyril Blinkhorn (1961, 1977) Mr Mario Fenech (1997) Mr Bernard Purcell (1961, 2001) Mr Eric Bonner (1983, 2008) Mr Raymond Furse (2019) Mr Rupert John Rayner (1968, 2008) Mr Thomas Brock (1993, 1997) Mr Carmen Gallico (2014) Mr John B. Riordan (1977, 2019) Mr Thomas Brogan (1968, 1961) Mr Sean Garlick (2011) Mr Cecil Saunders (1967, 1981) Mr Kenneth Brogan (1961, 2006) Mr (2013) Mr Clifford Smailles (1994, 2005) Mr Robert Byrne (2010, 2010) Dr Nathan Gibbs (1995) Mr George Smith (1994, 2005) Mr Clive Churchill, AM (1961, 1985) Mr David R. Spring (1963, 1968) Mr Robert Grant (1993) Mr Daniel Clement (2004, 2008) Mr Victor Tait (1961, 1972) The Hon. Nicholas Greiner, AC (2010) Mr Albert Clift (1981, 2005) Mr Ralph Thistlethwaite (1995, 2004) The Hon. Deirdre Grusovin AM (2014) Mr Thomas Cocking (1982, 2019) Mr Jack Thom (1972, 1993) Mr Gary Hambly (2009) Mr John Coleman (2003, 2003) Mr Albert Treweek (1987, 1991) Mr Ross Harrington (2010) Mr Peter Collins (1965, 1980) Mr Walter Watsford (1985, 2017) Mr James Hatfield (2017) Mr. Leslie Cowie, OAM (1961, 1997) Mr David Watson (1963, 1982) Mr Anthony Henderson (1993) Mr Jack E. Coyne (1984, 2009) Mr Benjamin Wearing (1961, 1968) Mr Robert Honan (2009) Mr Jack J. Coyne (1961, 1986) Mr George William Wells (1963, 1968) Mr Brian Knight James (2002) Mr Harold Cunningham (1961, 1964) Mr Frederick West (1993, 2005) Mr Dennis Henry Lee (1994) Mr Leonard Devine (1986, 2008) Mr Percival Williams (1990, 1996) Mr Raymond George Martin, AM (2016) Mr Denis Donoghue (1961, 1993) Mr Roy Willmette (1990, 2016) Mr Robert John McCarthy, MBE (1972) Mr Norman Donovan (1996, 2003) Mr Arthur Wood (1963, 1964) Mr Keith William Arthur McCraw (2012) Mr John Duggan (1991, 1994) Mr Steve Edward McDermott (2017) Mr Economos Economos (1982, 2011) The following people were awarded the Mr Robert Howard McMillan (2003) Mr William Fletcher (1966, 1969) Perpetual Membership in 1994: Mr Paul Stephen Mellor (2011) Mr Reginald Fridd (1993, 1996) Mr Alan Jones, AO (1994) Mr Nathan Deane Merritt (2015) Mr Edward Fry (1962, 1968) Mr Kerry Packer, AC (1994, 2005) Mr Henry Frederick Morris, OAM (1997) Mr Charles Gibson (1969, 2010) The following former Souths players were Mr Brian Murray (1983) Mr Walter Hackett (1967, 1974) Knighted (includes only ones not listed as Mr Mervyn Neave (2019) Mr AG ‘Gus’ Hahn (1978, 1980) Life Members): Mr Darryl Roy Neville (2016) Mr George Hallett (1961, 1970) Mr Zbignew ‘Ziggy’ Niszczot (2003) Mr Ernest Hammerton, OAM (1962, 1991) Dr Mervyn Cross, OAM (1995) Mr Bernard O’Neil (2019) Mr George Hansen (1961, 1973) Mr Colin Purcell, OAM (2005, 2011) Mr Terence William Parker (1986) Mr Gregory Hawick (1990, 2020) Mr Russell Edwin Pratt (1988) Mr Alan Heiler (1996, 2017) Mr Anthony Rampling (2010) Mr Patrick Hills, AO (1989, 1992) Mr Shane Lawrence Rigon (2011) Mr Harold Horder (1967, 1979) Mr Ian Roberts (2009) Mr John Horne (1961, 1987)