Thomas Hill (football)

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THOMAS SEYMOUR HILL, OBE (Deceased) was a leading Australian rules football administrator in the SANFL between 1926 and 1963.

Hill was secretary for Norwood from 1926 to 1935. In 1935 he also became secretary of the SANFL and continued in this post until 1963.

Hill also became secretary of the Australian National Football Council 1938-1947.

He was made a Life Member of Norwood Football Club.

He was made an SANFL life member, and inducted in the inaugural intake of the SANFL Hall of Fame in 2002.

He was inducted in the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996.

[edit] References

  • Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers, p. 141. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.