AFL Tasmania today announced that it has nominated Horrie Gorringe to be an inductee into the Australian Football Hall of Fame and called for the elevation of Darrel Baldock to the status of legend of Australian Football.
AFL Tasmania believes the recognition of Gorringe and Baldock as `Icons' of Tasmanian football should be also recognised appropriately at the national level.
Tasmania's third `Icon' Peter Hudson is already recognised in the Australian Football Hall of Fame as a legend of football.
AFL Tasmania is also calling on the Australian Hall of Fame committee to recognise the contribution of members of the Hall of Fame when they played or coached in Tasmania. Up until the induction of Stuart Spencer in 2005 the records of Tasmanians in Tasmania has been snubbed by the Australian Football Hall of Fame. It is hoped that this will change in 2006.
A full list of AFL Tasmania's nominations to the Australian Football Hall of Fame are attached.
The announcement of new members and elevations in the Australian Football Hall of Fame will occur on Thursday 22nd June in Melbourne.
As well, the announcement today was conducted at Weegena in Northern Tasmania at the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame's artist workshop. This was done to display the progress being made on the artistic material that will form the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame display at Aurora Stadium.
AFL Tasmania has commissioned artist John Parish, of Red Hills, to produce a series of tiles that will display the image and citations of all inductees and other elements being recognised in the Hall of Fame, such as clubs, teams and games, legends and icons.
The most compelling element of the Hall of Fame display at Aurora Stadium will be the larger than life full re-productions of the Tasmanian football `Icons', including Peter Hudson, Horrie Gorringe and Darrel Baldock.
The artist's, and his assistant Julia Hawthorne's, work was inspected by AFL Tasmania's Hall of Fame project co-ordinator, Daniel Smedley.
Technical data on the display medium for the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame is attached.
For more information please contact:
Scott Wade General Manager 0419 024 406
Daniel Smedley Assistant General Manager 0418 114 414
John Parish Artist 0418 134 361
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