The AFL is pleased to announce that four new life members will be inducted for their services to Australian Football, at next year’s Annual General Meeting in March 2024.
At their meeting in Melbourne last week on Brownlow Medal day, the AFL Commission accepted the recommendation of the Nominations Committee that Neil Craig, Peggy O'Neal, Kevin Sheehan and Greg Swann would be honoured with Life Membership, for their respective roles within the game.
They will formally be inducted at the 2024 Season Launch in Melbourne, along with the six players who qualified for Life Membership this year via 300 total games of service – Luke Breust, Dustin Martin, Luke Parker, Isaac Smith, Callan Ward and Jack Ziebell.
Peggy O’Neal* Joined the Richmond Football Club Board in 2005
* President from 2013-2021, during which the Club won the 2017, 2019 and 2020 premierships and rebuilt its off-field status to build membership past 100k fans
* 2014, appointed to chair the Victorian Minister for Sport's year-long Inquiry into 'Women and Girls in Sport and Active Recreation' and until June 2018 was convenor of the Minister's Change Our Game Champions program
* 2018, appointed by the AFL to its inaugural Competition Committee which advises the AFL Commission on issues regarding the design and future of the AFL competition
* 2019, was appointed to the Australian Institute of Sport Athlete Wellbeing and Engagement Advisory Committee
* 2020, member of the AFL Mental Health Steering Committee
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