LL OF FAM A E H Courtesy of Mercury Newspaper TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME RECORD Photo courtesy of The Launceston Examiner CONTENTS CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE 4 SELECTION CRITERIA 5 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS 2013 5 2012 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME ICONS 6 2012 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME LEGEND 8 2012 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES 10 2012 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME MEMORABLE GAME 14 2012 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME LEGENDAY TEAM 15 2012 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME SPECIAL CATEGORY 16 2012 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME GREAT CLUB 17 2012 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME TRIBUTE 18 2012 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME LISTS 19 2012 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME 3 CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE Welcome to the 2012 Hall of Fame commemorative Special recognition must go to those current inductees Football Record. who are this year being elevated. AFL Tasmania, on behalf of the broader Tasmanian It is just wonderful to see Len Pye and Noel Atkins football community, is currently exploring a range of being granted Legend status and the elevation of Bruce exciting opportunities that will ensure that our great Carter and Brent Crosswell to become our eleventh and game continues to progress into the future. twelfth Icons in the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame is due recognition for their outstanding records. In particular we are focusing on stakeholder relationships in an endeavour to provide Tasmanian football with a As Chairman of AFL Tasmania I am extremely pleased clearer management structure. Our strategic direction that my predecessors, Peter Hodgman and David Templeton, established the community aspect of our in terms of how we manage and administer our game is Hall of Fame. best conveyed in the diagram below: We are telling the story of Tasmanian football through our Hall of Fame, and for us to annually induct one AFL Elite (national leadership) great club, a legendary team and a memorable game is AFL TAS nationally unique and so relevant to Tasmania. These Talent (whole of state leadership) community inductions, along with the odd special Participation NTFL, NTFA, SFL, (TFC) category induction, provide AFL Tasmania with the (regional leadership) opportunity to unite Tasmanian football through our Hall of Fame. This future management structure for our game is It is so pleasing for me personally to see Lefroy/Sandy significantly different to that which current Tasmanian Bay inducted as the great club in 2012. Both my father Football Hall of Fame inductees participated under. In and I played for the Seagulls and I am sure the football the ’good old days‘ there wasn’t any national or state community is as sorry as I am that such a great club leadership. Our game was only ever managed on a was lost. regional basis via the NWFU (now NTFL), NTFA and TFL (now SFL). Darrel Baldock’s legendary 1970 Latrobe team, and the memorable 1970 Tasmanian team that defeated The evolution and popularity of the AFL national Western Australia, are also very worthy inductions in competition has demanded that every level of our game the 2012 Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame. below the AFL continues to adapt to the challenges of the nationalisation of the code. More than half of In closing, how great it is to see the King Island Australia’s population (including many youngsters in Football Association celebrated as a special category Tasmania) actually call the game AFL – they promote induction this year. KIFA is a three-team competition, that they play AFL, not Australian Rules Football. the smallest in our nation and the first football league in Tasmania to be inducted into our Hall of Fame. This In Tasmania our challenge is still for the three regions induction signifies what football does for communities, to work together, and for the NTFL, NTFA and SFL to and we all hope that the spirit, heart and soul of the work in partnership and cooperatively with AFL King Island Football Association never dies. Tasmania to grow our game and increase participation. The future cannot be built around traditional thinking or Our Chief Executive, Scott Wade, believes that the King traditional structures, and what may have been relevant Island Football Association is the most significant a decade (or longer) ago certainly won’t be relevant in competition in Tasmania in terms of its value and ten to twenty years time – change is inevitable. importance to its community. We acknowledge that many former community competitions have gone by AFL Tasmania is encouraged with the progress of the the way over the years, and for the King Island Football TSL and we look forward to continuing to strengthen Association to have survived in spite of its isolation our relationship with the AFL, the NTFL, NTFA and SFL and small population is truly a remarkable effort. via the Tasmanian Football Council and all levels of Government. To all who are this year honoured, and to those recognised in previous years, congratulations and However, the Hall of Fame is all about celebrating the thank you. past and enshrining some individuals that have made a wonderful contribution to clubs, regions, our state and a number who played in “the big league”. Dominic Baker Chairman AFL Tasmania 4 SELECTION CRITERIA CALL FOR NOMINATIONS 2013 1. The Committee shall consider a candidate’s outstanding services and overall AFL Tasmania is seeking the support of the Tasmanian football family for contribution to the game of Australian Football in determining a candidate’s Tasmanian footballs’ major recognition project. Members of the public may assist eligibility for induction in the Hall of Fame. by providing nominations in writing. The nomination should be provided as soon 2. Without limiting item (1) the Committee may consider a candidate’s individual as possible so that the selection committee may fully consider the submission. record, ability, integrity, sportsmanship and character. Where nominations are not accepted for induction in 2012 they may be 3. The number of football games played, coached or umpired or the years of considered for subsequent inductions into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame service provided shall only be a consideration and shall not be conclusive in that will occur annually. The selection criteria for players / coaches / umpires / assessing a candidate’s eligibility. administrators or volunteers is: 4. A player, coach, umpire, administrator, volunteer or media representative Players, coaches, umpires, administrators / volunteers and media representatives involved at any level of Australian Football may be eligible for induction into will be considered eligible for induction into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame the Hall of Fame. based on a candidate’s outstanding services and overall contribution to the game 5. Candidates shall be adjudged on the basis of their overall contribution to of Australian Football. The selection committee may consider a candidate’s Australian Football as opposed to one specific aspect. individual record, ability, integrity, sportsmanship and character. Candidates currently participating in any aspect of the game of Australian Football may be 6. The Committee shall consider candidates from all parts of Tasmania and from inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame. Nominations should include all Australian Football competitions affiliated with AFL Tasmania. the contact details of the person that is being nominated or their next of kin, 7. Players, coaches, umpires, administrators, volunteers and media including: name, address, phone contact. As well a picture of the person being representatives may be eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame even if they nominated is required. Please return all nominations to: have not retired from active participation in Australian Football. • Confidential: Hall of Fame, AFL Tasmania, PO Box 1896, Launceston 7250. 8. A member of the Committee may be a candidate but shall not vote for his or her induction into the Hall of Fame. • Confidential: Hall of Fame, AFL Tasmania, PO Box 520, North Hobart 7002. 9. There shall be no special order of precedence given to Hall of Fame inductees. The closing date to receive nominations for consideration in 2013 is 1 March 2013. Dominic Baker Chairman AFL Tasmania 2012 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME 5 2012 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME ICON BRUCE CARTER BRUCE CARTER LAUNCESTON / CANANORE / MERSEY / NORTH LAUNCESTON CENTRE HALF BACK 1903-1915 (PLAYER AND COACH) 1937 (NON-PLAYING COACH) Bruce Carter was a champion player who won the Bibby Trophy as Tasmania’s best player at the first Australian National Carnival in 1908. At this auspicious event he also carried the mantle of Tasmania’s first captain at a National Carnival. Carter is best known, however, as Tasmania’s first recognised coach, leading his clubs to win an incredible nine premierships in ten seasons from 1904. Carter coached in all three regions of Tasmania, achieving success with North Launceston, Cananore and Mersey. Such was his passion and ability in Tasmanian football that Carter was popularly known as ‘Black Snake’. While the nickname relates to his speed and elusiveness as a player, some also credit him with initiating Tasmania’s North/South parochial rivalry as a result of his successful coaching at each end of the island. Coached and played with three different clubs to win nine premierships in a ten-year period. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS North Launceston premierships, 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1912. Mersey premiership, 1908. Cananore premierships, 1909, 1910, 1911 and 1913. Captained Tasmanian state team at the 1908 Australian National Carnival in Melbourne. Best player award, 1908 Australian National Carnival. Inaugural member of the Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame. 6 2012 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME ICON BRENT CROSSWELL BRENT CROSWELL CARltON / NORTH MELBOURNE / MELBOURNE RUCK ROVER / HALF FORWARD 1965-1982 The record of Brent ‘Tiger’ Crosswell reads big game player.