Werribee FC last Saturday night announced 23 inductees to its Hall of Fame, along with three Legends.
Among the list of inductees were former coaches, premiership players, doctors, presidents and even a whole year.
Capping off the night, three Hall of Fame inductees were elevated to Legend status, with that honour going to John Comben, Eddie Marriott and Kerryn O’Brien.
Find out about all the inducteees below, along with an interview with Shaun Smith and a video looking back at the history of the club.
WERRIBEE HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Len ‘Tiger’ Ryan
- Trainer for 45 Years
- Head Trainer for over 30 years
- Mentor & Teacher to dozens of trainers
- Board Member
- Werribee Citizen of the Year
Ray Smith
- Initial Secretary 1965-1975
- 1975 Team Manager & Staff Officer
- Initial Club Historian (unofficial)
- Founder of Past Players Committee
- Life member of the VFA
Bruce Montgomery
- Player 1969-1977 80 Games. 43 goals
- President 1992-1996 Vice President 1991.Committee 1982-1985
- Match Committee &Recruiting Officer 1982-1985
- Formed the Golden Tigers & Top 20 Coteries
- Driving force behind Tigers Clubhouse
David Lyons
- Player 127 Games 181 goals
- 1965 Under 19’s
- Committee 1991-2014
- Treasurer 1993. 2005-2014
- Senior Runner 1992
Dr. Greg Anderson
- Longest serving honorary Club Doctor in VFL
- Club Doctor 1992 -2014
- Started in 1972 assisting Dr. Michael Turner
- Club Sponsor since mid 1980’s
John Comben
- Player 1968-73. 64 Games. 64 goals
- Club Captain 1971 & 1972
- Best & Fairest 1968 & 1970. First Big V rep 1968.
- Administrator- Junior Vice President, Finance Director, General Manager
- Founding member of the Chirnside Club
Kerryn O’Brien
- Player 1965-1968. 18 Games. 19 Goals
- Junior Vice President 1979-1986
- Property Steward 1975-1986
- Club Sponsor 1986-2014
- Major role in the Werribee Sports Club building project
Alan Clayton
- Board Member 1988-1992. Treasurer 1989
- Tribunal Advocate, Stats Team, Social Committee, Sports Club Management.
- Trustee for Bingo Centre
- Property Steward since 2012
- Player Under 19’s and Reserves
Eddie Marriott
- Player 1970/71- Reserves
- Past Players Committee, Player Representative, Match Committee, Social Director, Social Committee, Opposition Players board.
- Board Member, Secretary.
- Trustee for Bingo Centre.
- Major fundraiser through Monster raffle and numerous events over 44 years
Kevin Leece
- Player 1971-1981. 111 games. 406 Goals (Club Record)
- Equal Club Record (with Joskun Aziz) 15 goals v Box Hill in 1980
- Kicked 10 or more goals in 6 Games
- President of the Past Players Association
Ivo Havard
- Player 1977-1982. I game. I goal. 3rd 16 Coach 2 years.
- Board member 8 years, Social Committee, Stats Team, Car park Coordinator.
- Senior Team Manager, General Manager,
- Major Fundraiser-Monster Raffle
- 1995 Save the Club Rally Organiser
John Pyne
- Player 1975/76. 8 Games. 3 Goals
- 1977-79 Thirds Coach. 1980 Thirds & Reserves Coach.
- Secretary 1982-1985
- Vice President 1986-1989
- 14 year contribution to WFC till his passing in 1989.
Lyn Wood
- Administrator 1991-2002
- General Manager 2003
- Best Club Person 2003
- 1995 Save the Club Rally organizer
- First female inductee into the Hall of Fame
Stephen Sells
- Player 1988-1992. 72 games. 243 goals.
- 1988 Best & Fairest
- 1998 VFA Division 2 Field Medalist
- Junior Development Coordinator. Football Manager
- Club Sponsor 2008-current
Greg Welsh
- President 2004-2005, Vice President 1997-2001
- General Manager 1984-1986 & 1992-1994
- Reserves Team Manager
- Club Sponsor & Coterie Member
- Introduced President’s Lunch and other innovative sponsorship ideas
1993
- Grand Final Werribee 10.10.70 d Port Melbourne 4.4.28
- Norm Goss Medal David Allday
- 1993 Best & Fairest Jason Watts.
- Goal kicking Joskun Aziz 97
- 38 players played seniors
- Captain Coach Donald McDonald
- President Bruce Montgomery
- General Manager Greg Welsh
Michael McMaster
- Player 1988-1994. 130 Games. 82 Goals
- 1993 Premiership Player
- 1992 Best & Fairest
- Current Senior team runner
Joskun Aziz
- Player 1993-1998. 108 Games. 372 goals (second all time)
- 10 goals or more 4 times Equal Club Record 15 v Coburg 1997
- 1993 Premiership Player. Frosty Miller Medal 1993/1996
- 1997 VFL Personality of the Year & VFL Team of the Year.
- Club Captain 1998.
Donald McDonald
- Player 1993-1996. 58 games. 105 Goals.
- 1993 Premiership Captain/Coach. Captain 1993-1995
- Longest service Senior Coach 1993-1999.
- Big V 1994/95. Captain 1994. VFL Team of Year 1995.
- General Manager 1997/98. 1995 VFA Personality of the Year.
Simon Atkins
- Player 1997-2000. 78 Games. 37 Goals.
- 1997 Best & Fairest. 1998
- VFL Team of the Year 1997/1998. Big V Captain1998.
- Reserves Premiership Coach 2001.
- Senior Coach 2005-2010. 2005 VFL Coach of the Year.
Lynton Fitzpatrick
- Player 1990-1997 125 games. 11 Goals
- 1995 Best & Fairest & Victorian Player of the Year.
- Club Captain 1996/97. Big V 1992.
- Board Member 2005-2007
- Development Coach 2001/02. Assistant Coach 2003/04
Michael Frost
- Player 1998-2001. 69 Games. 49 Goals
- 1998 J.J. Liston Medalist (by a record margin).
- 1998 & 2000 Best & Fairest.
- Club Captain 1999/2000/2001.
- Big V 1998/1999/2001.VFL team of the Year 1998,2000, 2001
James Podsiadly
- Player 2003-2008. 109 Games. 315 Goals
- 2008 J.J. Liston Medalist. 2005 Frosty Miller Medalist.
- Werribee Best & Fairest 2005/2008
- Club Captain 2007/2008
- VFL Team of the Year 2005/2006/2008. Big V 2005/2007/2008
Scott Faulkner
- Player 1998-2002. 100 Games. 44 Goals.
- 1999 Best & Fairest.
- Club Captain 2002
- Big V 1998/2002. VFL Team of the Year 1998/1999/2002
Shaun Smith
- Player 1994-2004. 100 Games. 119 Goals.
- 1994 Best & Fairest
- Big V 1994 & 1999. VFL Team of the Year 1994 & 2001
- Kicked 12 against Oakleigh in 1994
- 1995 Draftee to Melbourne pick 62
CLICK HERE to listen to Shaun Smith talk about his induction into the Hall of Fame
Travis Robertson
- Player 2000-2006. 135 Games. 36 Goals
- Best and Fairest 2001/2002/2003.
- Club Captain 2004-2008. VFL State Captain 2005.
- Big V 2001/ 2002/2005.
- VFL Team of the Year 2001/2002/2003/2005.
David Brown
- Board member 1990-1992 & 2004-2005
- Vice President 1993-1996
- Social Committee 1994/95
- President 1997-2003
- Club Sponsor for moiré than a decade
Tino Ballan
- Major Sponsor 15 years (longest ever)
- Club Sponsor since 1979
- Supporter of President’s Lunches & other fundraisers
- Personal Guarantor for Club’s Debt post 2004
- Sire of past players Mark & Paul
John Nicol
- Board member 1997
- Vice President 1998-2005
- President 2006-2014 (longest serving)
- 18 years continuous service to the club
- Club Sponsor/ City of Wyndham Citizen of the Year
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