List of VFL/AFL commissioners and club presidents

This is a listing of all the commissioners and club presidents of the VFL/AFL:

Contents 1 VFL/AFL commissioners 2 Club Presidents 2.1 Adelaide 2.2 Brisbane Lions 2.3 Carlton 2.4 Collingwood 2.5 Essendon 2.6 Fitzroy 2.7 Fremantle 2.8 Geelong 2.9 Gold Coast 2.10 Hawthorn 2.11 Melbourne 2.12 North Melbourne/Kangaroos 2.13 Port Adelaide 2.14 Richmond 2.15 St Kilda 2.16 South Melbourne/Sydney 2.17 Footscray/Western Bulldogs 2.18 West Coast

VFL/AFL commissioners

• Alex McCracken (1897–1918)
• Chas Brownlow (1918–1919) (caretaker)
• Walter Baldwin Spencer (1919–1925)
• William C. McClelland (1926–1961)
• Sir Kenneth Luke (1961–1971)
• Sir Maurice Nathan (1971–1977)
• Allen Aylett (1977–1983)
• Jack Hamilton (1983–1986)
• Ross Oakley (1986–1996)
• Wayne Jackson (1996–2003)
• Andrew Demetriou (2003 – present)

Club Presidents

Adelaide

• Bill Sanders (1991 – 2009)
• Rob Chapman (2010 - present)

Brisbane Lions

• Noel Gordon (1996–1999)
• Alan Piper (1999–2000)
• Graeme Downie (2000–2006)
• Tony Kelly (2006–2010)
• Angus Johnson (2010 – present)

Carlton

• R. McFarland (1864–1866)
• Jason Linacre (1866–1867)
• G. Coppin (1867–1873)
• J. Walls (1873–1874)
• R. Robertson (1874–1886)
• A. Gillespie (1886–1895)
• F.B. Bromley (1895–1896)
• A.H. Shaw (1896–1901)
• Robert Heatley (1901–1904)
• H.B. Higgins (1904–1905)
• W.F. Evans (1905–1907)
• J. Urquhart (1907–1910)
• J. McInerney (1910–1912)
• D. Bell (1912–1914)
• J. Gardiner (1914–1925)
• D. Young (1925–1928)
• D.H. Crone (1929–1938)
• Sir Kenneth Luke (1938–1956)
• H.R. Clover (1956–1958)
• L.J.M. Holmes (1958–1965)
• George Harris (1965–1975)
• Ivan Rohrt {1975–1978)
• George Harris (1978–1980)
• Ian Rice (1980–1983)
• John Elliott (1983–2002)
• Ian Collins (2002–2006)
• Graham Smorgon (2006–2007)
• Stephen Kernahan (2007)
• Richard Pratt (2007–2008)
• Stephen Kernahan (2008 – present)

Collingwood

• Allan McAllister (1986–1996)
• Kevin Rose (1996–1999)
• Eddie McGuire (1999 – present)

Essendon

• Alexander McCracken (1897–1903)
• W Kent-Hughes (1904–1907)
• A L Crichton (1908–1919)
• W Raper (1920–1925)
• A F McGowan (1926–1929)
• F F Campbell (1930–1934)
• A F Showers (1935–1940)
• N H Mirams (1940)
• W R Crichton (1941–1959)
• W G Brew (1959–1968)
• Allan Hird Snr (1969–1975)
• Colin Stubbs (1976–1980)
• Greg Sewell (1981–1987)
• Ron Evans (1988–1992)
• David Shaw (1992–1996)
• Graeme McMahon (1996–2003)
• Neil McKissock (2003–2006)
• Ray Horsburgh (2006–2009)
• David Evans (2009 – present)

Fitzroy

• Dyson Hore-Lacy (1989–1996)

Fremantle

• Ross Kelly (1995–1998, Chairman)
• Ross McLean (1999–2001, Chairman)
• Rick Hart (2002 – 2009, titled Chairman until 2004, President since 2005)
• Steve Harris (2009 – present)

Geelong

• J Wilson Sr. (1879-1883)
• JR Hopkins (1884-1885)
• F Orchard (1886)
• J Wilson (1887-1888)
• J Sommers (1889)
• GW Steedman (1890)
• JH Grey (1891-1899)
• J McMullen (1900-1902)
• HB Hodges (1903-1909)
• AH Bowman (1910-1920)
• Brig. Gen. R Smith (1921-1922)
• Cr WL Carr (1922)
• Dr JE Piper (1923-1926)
• Cr JA Thear (1927-1929)
• M Jacobs (1930-1938)
• TB Hawkes (1939)
• BNM Collins (1940-1945)
• Jack Jennings (1946-1970)
• Neil Trezise (1974-1975)
• MO Graham (1976-1979)
• JN McHolt (1980-1982)
• Dr KLC Threlfall (1983-1987)
• W Bannon (1987-1988)
• Ron Hovey OAM (1988–1998)
• Frank Costa (1998–2010)
• Colin Carter (2011-present)

Gold Coast

• John Witheriff (2009 – present)

Hawthorn

• JW Kennon (1925–1932)
• Dr Jacob Jona J.P. (1932–1949)
• Dr A Prentice (1949–1953)
• Dr AS Ferguson (1953–1968)
• Phil Ryan (1968–1980)
• Ron Cook (1980–1988)
• Trevor Coote (1988–1994)
• Geoff Lord (1994–1995)
• Brian Coleman (1995–1996)
• Ian Dicker (1996–2005)
• Jeff Kennett (2005 – 2011)

Melbourne

• H. C. A. Harrison (1897–1906)
• T. F. Morkham (1907–1910)
• A. A. Aitken (1911)
• William C. McClelland (1912–1926)
• Vernon Ransford (1927–1928)
• Joe Blair (1929–1946)
• William Flintoft (1947–1949)
• Albert Chadwick (1950–1962)
• Donald Duffy (1963–1974)
• John Mitchell (1975–1978)
• Wayne Reid (1979–1980)
• Sir Billy Snedden (1981–1986)
• Stuart Spencer (1986–1991)
• Ian Ridley (1991–1996)
• Joseph Gutnick (1996–2002)
• Gabriel Szondy (2002–2003)
• Paul Gardner (2003–2008)
• Jim Stynes (2008–2009)
• Don McLardy (2009 – present) (Acting)

North Melbourne/Kangaroos

• John McIndoe (1869–1871)
• RJ Alcock (1871–1874)
• Dr Burke (1874–1875)
• Richard Sutcliffe (1875–1881)
• E Harcourt (1881–1885)
• RK Montgomerie (1885–1886)
• Mark Evans (1886–1891)
• Cr J Barwise (1891–1895)
• Dr NM O'Donnell (1895–1896)
• Cr J Barwise (1896–1897)
• Cr D Wadick (1897–1898)
• Cr WH Fuller (1898–1900)
• James Gardiner (1900–1901)
• George Michael Prendergast (1901–1911)
• Clem Davidson (1911–1919)
• TF Jenyns (1919–1920)
• Cr B Deveney (1920–1921)
• George Ravenhall (1921–1923)
• AJ Russell (1923–1924)
• Patrick Sullivan (1924–1928)
• Dr D Berman (1928)
• Arthur Calwell (1928–1934)
• Dr D Berman (1934–1937)
• Frank Trainor (1937–1952)
• Johnny Meere (1952–1953)
• Phonse Tobin (1953–1956)
• Alex Marr (1956–1962)
• Jack Adams (1962–1965)
• Tony Trainor (1965–1971)
• Allen Aylett (1971–1977)
• Lloyd Holyoak (1977–1980)
• Albert Mantello (1980)
• Bob Ansett (1980–1992)
• Ron Casey (1992–2000)
• Andrew Carter (2000–2001)
• Allen Aylett (2001–2005)
• Graham Duff (2005–2007)
• John Magowan (2007)
• James Brayshaw (2007 – present)

Port Adelaide

• Greg Boulton (1993–2008)
• Brett Duncanson (2008 – present)

Richmond

• JC Winn (1885–1886)
• George Bennett (1887–1908)
• Frank Tudor (1909–1918)
• Alf Wood (1919–1923)
• Jack Archer (1924–1931)
• Barney Herbert (1932–1935)
• Lou Roberts (1936–1938)
• Barney Herbert (1939)
• Harry Dyke (1940–1958)
• Maurie Fleming (1958–1963)
• Ray Dunn (1964–1971)
• Al Board (1971–1973)
• Ian Wilson (1974–1985)
• Barry Richardson (1985)
• Bill Durham (1986)
• Alan Bond (1987)
• Neville Crowe (1987–1993)
• Leon Daphne (1993–1999)
• Clinton Casey (2000–2005)
• Gary March (2005 – present)

St Kilda

• Lindsay Fox (1979 -1986)
• Travis Payze (1986–1993)
• Andrew Plympton (1993–2001)
• Rod Butterss (2001–2007)
• Greg Westaway (2007 – present)

South Melbourne/Sydney

• Graeme John (1978–1981)
• Jack Marks (1981–1985)
• Dr. Geoffrey Edelsten (1985–1986)
• Craig Kimberley (1986–1988)
• Peter Weinert (1988–1993)
• Richard Colless (1993 – present)

Footscray/Western Bulldogs

• Nick Columb (1983–1989)
• Peter Gordon (1989–1996)
• David Smorgon (1996 – present)

West Coast

• Richard Colless (1987)
• Neil Hamilton (1987–89)
• Terry O'Connor (1989–92)
• Dwane Buckland (1992–96)
• Murray McHenry (1996–98)
• Michael Smith (1998–2002)
• Dalton Gooding (2002–2007)
• Mark Barnaba (2007–10)
• Alan Cransberg (2010–present)