Hall of Fame Inductees
HALL OF FAME 2026 PEN PIX
OFFICIALS, COACHES, PLAYERS, LEGENDS
(in eras, chronological order)
1900–1950 OFFICIALS
DON McKINNON
President 1903–24. Member of State Legislative Assembly served as Attorney General, US High Commissioner 1923–24. Influential financial supporter. Life member.
A ‘ROWDY’ McFARLANE
Treasurer spanning four decades. 1914–18; 1920; 1922; 1924–25; 1927–46.
HAROLD TAYLOR
Secretary 1927–30 and 1933–41. Prahran’s VFA Board representative 1957–76. Life member of both Prahran and the VFA, also a Prahran player.
FRANK STRAPP
Secretary 1945–59. Committee 1935–67.
1951–1970 OFFICIALS
LES BARTLETT (1952–1988)
Served as a player then coach and administrator for more than 40 years. Secretary 1960–62, 1984. Senior selector, runner. Thirds coach 1966–81; 1987–88. Prahran VFA Board representative 1971–91. Played 1952–1962. Premiership 1959. Life member Prahran and VFA.
GEORGE BREMEN
Secretary 1960–1982 a record 23 years. Widely regarded as Prahran’s finest secretary. Committeeman for more than 30 years.
CHARLES LUX
President 1964–1968 and 1975–1976. Acknowledged in 1967 when new Toorak Park Pavilion was named in his Honour. Generous benefactor. Mayor Of Prahran 1968–1969. Life member.
1980–2026 OFFICIALS
DEREK HINE (1981–1986; 1990–1993; 1999–2002)
Player, coach and administrator. Games played 39. VFA Reserves coach 1991–93; Reserves premiership coach 1991; VAFA Prahran senior coach 1999, 2002; Community Sports Program foundation manager 2000–2002. Life member.
BASIL CLEARY
Committee 1999–2019. Best clubman 2002. Basil Cleary Medal for seniors best and fairest introduced 2008. Club timekeeper, Club licensee. VAFA club delegate. VAFA Certificate Of Merit 1982 representing Commonwealth Bank FC. Life member.
KEVIN MATHERSON
Committee 1999–2014. PFC President 2006–2010. Best clubman 2004, 2018. PFC Board member 2017–2024. VAFA Certificate Of Merit 2012. Football manager then football director 2011–2020. Team manager 2021–24. Life member.
NEIL WALLMEYER
Committee 1999–2025. PFC General manager 2000; 2005–07; 2010–11; Reserves coach 2013, assistant senior coach 2014–15, club umpire. Best clubman 1999, 2021. VAFA Certificate Of Merit 2015. Life member.
FABIO MAYA
Committee 2008–2026. President 2011–2025, third longest serving president in the club’s history. Premierships 2011, 2017, 2024. PFC Board member 2014–2025. VAFA Certificate Of Merit 2023. Life member.
STEVE ZAYLER (1999–2026)
Player, coach and administrator at junior and senior level for more than 25 years. Played Juniors from 1999 to 2003. Juniors coach 2004–2020. Toorak Park Auskick coach 2008–2018; Senior club general manager 2014–18. Community Sports Program co manager 2007–2020; 2023–25. Life member.
ANDY MILLER (1999–2026)
Prahran Juniors president 2008–09; Juniors team manager, then coach 2000–2007; inaugural Prahran Football Club Board chairman 2015–2026. Life member.
COACHES
LEO WESCOTT (1934–38)
Club’s first Premiership coach 1937 as captain-coach; Runners-up 1936, non playing coach 1937–38. Dual Collingwood premiership player 1927, 1929.
KEVIN ROSE (1968–74)
VFA Premiership captain-coach 1970, non playing VFA premiership coach 1973, club’s only dual Premiership coach. Best & Fairest 1968. Team Of The Century coach. Life member.
MICK ERWIN (1978–1981)
1978 Premiership coach, finals 1979. Joined committee 1999, football director 2002. Played a key role in the return to Toorak Park in 2000. Life member.
PLAYERS
1930s–40s
FRANK SMITH (1924–1941)
Games 248; (VFA club record); Recorder Cup (nee Liston Trophy) 1928, Premiership 1937. Team Of The Century.
BILL KOOP (1930–1937)
Games 146; Recorder (nee Liston Trophy) Cup 1931, Premiership 1937; Best & Fairest 1930, 31, 32; Team Of The Century.
NORM ‘BUNNY’ WILLIAMS (1931–1941)
Games 182. Premiership captain 1937.
ALLAN THOMPSON (1931–1941)
Games 182. Premiership 1937, runners-up 1936, 1940.
LES WHITE (1932–1946)
Games 229, Goals 361 goals; Recorder Cup (nee Liston Trophy) 1935; Premiership 1937; Best & Fairest 1935, 36. Team Of The Century.
BILL FAUL (1939–41; 1949–52)
Games 66; captain-coach 1939–41, non-playing coach 1949–52; Premiership coach 1951, Best & Fairest 1940–41. Team Of The Century.
PADDY WALSH (1947–1954)
Games 158; Best & Fairest 1948–49; captain 1949–52; captain-coach 1953–54; Premiership 1951, VFA representative 1950–51. Team Of The Century captain. Life member.
BILL MORROW (1947–1957)
Games 167. Premiership 1951, VFA representative 1951. Team Of The Century.
1950s–60s
RAY HARVEY (1950–1960)
Games 206, Goals 328. Premierships 1951, 1959. Best & Fairest 1950–51, 1956–57, Reserves captain-coach 1960–61, in all 19 seasons as a player or coach. Team Of The Century. Life member.
BARRY PEARSON (1955–1968)
Games 180. Goals 256. Premierships 1959, 1966. Captain 1961–1962, 1965; Leading goal kicker 1960, 63, 64, 66. Team Of The Century. Life member.
GRAEME McMAHON (1961–1969)
Games 139. Premiership 1966. Captain 1967. Leading goal kicker 1961. VFA rep 1968. Team Of The Century. Life member. Essendon FC president 1996–2003.
DICK CULPIN (1965–1975)
Games 155. Premierships 1966, 1970, 1973, only VFA triple premiership player in the club’s history. Captain 1974. Team Of The Century. Life member.
MAURIE BARTLETT (1966–1973)
Games 77, goals 157. Premierships 1966, 1970.
ROD PAYNE (1968–1969; 1971–76)
Games 125. Goals 195. Premiership 1973. Best & Fairest 1971. VFA rep 1975. Chairman of selectors 1978 Premiership. Team Of The Century. Life member.
VIN CROWE (1969–1976)
Games 64. Premiership 1970. JJ Liston trophy runner-up 1971. Team Of The Century.
1970s
BRYAN KENNEALLY (1970–1973)
Games 45. Premierships 1970, 73. Melbourne premierships 1960, 1964.
KEN EMSELLE (1970–1974)
Games 71. Premierships 1970, 73. Best & Fairest 1970, 73. Team Of The Century. Life member. Melbourne premiership 1964.
ROBERT ANDERSON (1972–1980)
Games 152. Premierships 1973, 1978; Best & Fairest 1974, 1980; Captain 1978–1980; VFA representative 1975, 1980. Team Of The Century. Life member.
JOHN TOWNSEND (1973–1976)
Games 67, goals 80. Premiership 1973; Best & Fairest 1975–76; Captain-coach 1975, 1976. Team Of The Century.
KIM SMITH (1974, 1976–1982)
Games 136. Goals 610. Premiership 1978. Eight times leading goal kicker. Committee 2000–04. Played a key role in the return to Toorak Park in 2000. Team Of The Century. Life member.
GLENN DICKSON (1975–1986)
Games 115, goals 223. Captain 1983. Best & Fairest 1981–1982. VFA representative 1979–1981, 1982. Team Of The Century.
WAYNE JOHNSTON (1975–1978)
Games 69. Goals 173. Premiership 1978. VFA representative 1978. Team Of The Century. Carlton premierships 1979, 1981, 82, 87. AFL Hall Of Fame 2018.
IAN McGUINNESS (1975–1980)
Games 79. Premiership 1978. VFA representative 1979–1980. Team Of The Century.
ROSS THORNTON (1976–79, 1990)
Games 79, goals 80. Premiership 1978. Best & Fairest 1979. Captain-coach 1990. Team Of The Century. Played 146 games for Fitzroy, 1980–89.
KERRY FOLEY (1978–1983)
Games 101. Premiership 1978; VFA representative 1979–1981. Team Of The Century. Life member.
1980s–1990s
LUKE SOULOS (1978–1991)
Games 266 (Seniors 154, Reserves 112). Premiership 1987. Reserves premiership 1991. VFA Reserves Todd Medal Best & Fairest 1982. Life member.
MICHAEL SINNI (1991–1994)
Games 69. Club’s only JJ Liston Medallist 1993, co captain 1994. Team Of The Century.
POST VFA, NOW VAFA (1999–2026)
ADAM SLEIGHT (2003–2017)
Games 227, Goals 420; Best & Fairest 2003–04, 2007, 2011; captain 2011–13. Six times leading goal kicker, Team Of The Decade (2010–19) captain. Premierships 2011, 2017. Club sponsor 2018–26. Life member.
JACK MATHERSON (2004–2024)
Games 283 (Seniors 224, Reserves 59). Premiership 2011. Captain 2013–14. Team Of The Decade (2010–19) Centre half-back. Reserves coach 2021–2024. Life member.
JAMES MUSSTER (2008–2025)
Games 279 (Seniors 235, Reserves U19s, 44). Captain 2016–23. VAFA Div 3 Best & Fairest 2011, VAFA Div 2 Best & Fairest 2017. Premierships 2011, 2017, 2024. Team Of The Decade (2010–19) vice-captain. Life member.
TIM MAYA (2008–2025)
Games 279 (Seniors 220, Reserves U19s, 59), goals 222. Premierships 2011, 2017, 2024. Team Of The Decade (2010–19). Life member.
LEGENDS
JACK ‘JJ’ O’CONNOR
President 1928–56, a club record 28 years. Became president aged 32, then owner of the Bush Inn Hotel. Premierships 1937, 1951. Life member of both Prahran Football and Cricket Clubs.
GEORGE HAWKINS (1931–40, 1946)
Games 151, Goals 657 goals, 7 times leading goal kicker; kicked 164 goals then an Australian record 1939; Premiership 1937. Widely acknowledged as Prahran’s finest player. Team Of The Century.
JACK MORGANS
Committeeman for a record 50 years (1951–91; 1994–2004). President 1969–74. Premierships 1970, 1973. Patron 2005–2017. Jack Morgans Social Room at Spectrum On Chapel named in his honour. Life member Prahran and VFA.
KEVIN SHEEDY
Played 1964–1966; Games 50. Premiership 1966, runner-up Best & Fairest 1966. Named Prahran Ambassador Of The Century 2002. Life member.
PAUL TAYLOR
Committee, vice-president 1998–2026. Best clubman 2017. VAFA Volunteer Of The Year 2025; Toorak Park Users Group representative 2010–26. PFC Board member, custodian since 2014. Played 1978–1987; Games 107, Premierships 1978, 1987. Life member.
WILL WALFORD
Games 345, club record (VFA 91 Seniors, VAFA 254, Seniors 125, Reserves, Club XVIII 129). Played first season in 1987 as an 18 year-old, last game in 2017 aged 48 in a Reserves final; VFA Premiership 1987; VFA Reserves Premiership 1991; Committee 1998–2017; Vice president 2012–14; Football director 2015–16; Life member.
TIM HABEL
Committee 1987–2026. Seniors President 1994–98; 2000–05. Vice president 2006–2022. Secretary 2023–24. Juniors president 1999. PFC Board member, custodian since 2014. Life member.