The aims of the Football Australia Hall of Fame are to celebrate and highlight the achievements of retired players and other participants who have contributed significantly to the game. These are made up of either Australian and/or non-Australian players, managers and other participants who have become significant figures in the history of the game in Australia. It was first established as the Soccer Hall of Fame in 1999. New members are generally added each year.

Selection

All nominees must be Australian citizens. For non-players, inclusion is based on criteria including and "overall sustained contribution to the game".

Awards

Originally, there were several categories based on the nature of an individual's contribution, including: * Hall of Champions (players) / Hall of Honour (non-players) * Medal of Excellence (players) / Roll of Honour (non-players) * Award of Distinction (players) / Roll of Honour (non-players)

1999 Inaugural inductees

Players

* George Smith * Cliff Sander * Graham McMillan * John Perin * Frank Parsons *

Jeff Olver Jeffrey Olver (born 25 December 1960) is an Australian former football (soccer) player. Olver is a member of the Football Federation Australia - Football Hall of Fame. Playing career Club career Olver played for Heidelberg and Melbourne Croati ...

* Gordon Nunn *

Sergio Melta Sergio Melta (born 16 March 1954), is a former Australian footballer, who had an extensive career in Australia's National Soccer League, spent entirely with Adelaide City. Playing career Club Melta won the NSL's player of the year award in 1984 ...

Gary Marocchi Gary Donald Marocchi (born 24 April 1955, in Western Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) coach and former player. He is currently the President of the Perth Soccer Club. Playing career Marocchi represented Australia 13 times in fu ...

Alan Johns Alan Tutton Johns (22 May 1917 – 5 September 1997) was a New Zealand scientist, science administrator and university council member. Early life Johns was born on 22 May 1917 in Amberley, the son of Ada Constance Johns (née Tutton) and Alexa ...

* Tom Jack * William "Bill" Henderson * Jack Evans * Sjel "Mike" de Bruyckere * William Coolahan * Jim Armstrong *

Ron Adair Ron Adair (born 1931 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is an Australian former association footballer. Playing career Club career Adair played his junior football for Victoria Park in Western Australia before joining North Perth in 1952. After playing ...

John Watkiss John Watkiss (28 July 1961 – 20 January 2017) was a British artist, known for his painting and his work in comics and film production. His career led him from artist for graphic novels to storyboard artist and character designer. He is arguabl ...

Ray Richards Raymond William Richards (July 16, 1906 – September 18, 1974) was an American football player and coach on both the college and professional levels, including head coach for the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). Richard ...

Graham Jennings Graham Jennings (born 18 January 1960) is a former Australian association footballer, who played predominantly as a defender and was renowned for his speed, earning him the nickname ''flash''. After a distinguished club and international care ...

* Col Curran *

Charlie Yankos Charlie Yankos (born 29 May 1961) is an Australian former footballer who played for the Australian national team 49 times and scored 7 international goals. He captained the national team on 30 occasions between 1986 and 1989. Charlie Yankos s ...

Connie Selby Connie is a given name. It is often a pet form (hypocorism) of Concetta, Constance, Cornelia, or Cornelius. Given name or nickname Women * Connie Achurra, Chilean chef * Connie Binsfeld (1924–2014), American politician * Connie Booth ...

* Harry Williams *

Manfred Schaefer Manfred Schaefer (born 12 February 1943) is a former association football defender. At club level he won titles with St. George Budapest. With the Australian national team he participated in the 1974 World Cup in his native Germany. As coach ...

John Nyskohus John Nyskohus (born 15 October 1951) is an Australian former soccer player who played as a forward for USC Lion in the South Australian State League and Adelaide City Adelaide City Football Club is a soccer club based in Adelaide, South ...

* James McNabb *

William Maunder William "Podge" Maunder (30 November 1902 – 25 June 1964) was an Australian soccer player. Maunder is recognised as the player who scored Australia's first international goal. Early life Maunder was born in Newcastle in 1902. His father, kn ...

Jimmy Mackay James Birrell Mackay (19 December 1943, in Scotland – 11 December 1998) was a Scottish-born Australian association football player. He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany. In late 1973, he scored the decisiv ...

* Frank Loughran * Bob Lawrie *

Julie Dolan Julie Dolan is a pioneering Australian women's soccer player who appeared in eighteen international matches for the Australian Women's National Team during a 10-year career. She debuted in a national representative side aged just fourteen and ...

Ray Baartz Raymond Henry "Ray" Baartz (born 6 March 1947) is an Australian former soccer player. He represented Australia 48 times, scoring 18 goals, making him the 8th highest goal scorer of all time. Baartz was born in Newcastle, New South Wales and sp ...

* Peter Wilson *

Johnny Warren John Norman Warren, Order of the British Empire, MBE, Order of Australia, OAM (17 May 1943 – 6 November 2004) was an Australian association football, soccer player, coach, administrator, writer and broadcaster. He was known as ''Captain Soccer ...

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Jimmy Rooney James Rooney (born 10 December 1945) is a former professional footballer who played as a left winger. Born in Scotland, he represented the Australia national team at international level and was member of the squad at the 1974 FIFA World Cup. ...

* Alf Quill * James "Judy" Masters * Joe Marston MBE * Ron Lord *

John Kosmina Alexander John Kosmina (born 17 August 1956), known as John Kosmina, is an Australian former football (soccer) player and manager, most recently being the Senior Head Coach of Brisbane Strikers. He is a member of the Football Federation Austral ...

* Reg Date * Bob Bignell *

Attila Abonyi Attila Abonyi (born 16 August 1946 in Budapest) is a former Hungarian-born Australian soccer manager and player and played for the Australia national team. Abonyi made his senior international debut for Australia in 1967 at age 20, and h ...

Participants

* Ron Wright * Sir William Walkley * Joe Vlasits * William Thomas * Ron Smith * Martin Royal * Peter Nikolich * Des Miles * Frank McIver * Zoran Matić *

Jack Logan Jack Logan (born February 8, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter born in Greenville, Mississippi and raised in Lawrenceville, Illinois. He began recording, however, after moving to Winder, Georgia. He created two comic books in the 1980s, s ...

* Brian Lefevre * Tony Kovac OAM * Tom Grimson * Keith Gilmour * Pam Gilbert * Harry Croft *

Donald Campbell Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the ...

Fred Barlow Fred Barlow (6 September 1873 – 6 August 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving ...

* Eric Worthington * Laurie Schwab *

Les Scheinflug Ladislav "Les" Scheinflug (born 1 October 1938) is a former football (soccer) player and coach. Biography Arriving in Australia in the early 1950s he lived as a youth at Villawood Migrant Hostel and played for the hostel soccer team (Villawood ...

* Julius Re * Sam Papasavas * Dieter Klose * Brian Corrigan * Ian Brusasco AM * Giacomo "Jim" Bayutti OA *

Frank Arok Ferenc "Frank" Arok ( hu, Árok Ferenc; 20 January 1932 – 12 January 2021) was a Yugoslavian-Australian ethnic Hungarian association football player and coach. Career Arok played for FK Jedinstvo in Yugoslavia during the 1950s before coach ...

* Michael Weinstein AM, BEM * Elaine Watson OAM * Vic Tuting MBE * Robert Telfer *

Rale Rasic Zvonimir "Rale" Rasic OAM (/Zvonimir Rale Rašić; born 26 December 1935) is an Australian former association football player, coach and media personality. Playing career Club Born in Dole, Littoral Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Bosnia ...

* Theo Maramaris MBE * Arthur Gibbs *

John Walter Fletcher John Walter Fletcher (11 May 1847 – 28 February 1918) is widely regarded as the "father of Australian soccer". He was also prominent in New South Wales (NSW) as a teacher and a magistrate. Biography Early life Fletcher was born in London, t ...

* Harry Dockerty * Tony Boscovic * Sir Arthur George AO

2000 inductees

Players

Adrian Alston Adrian Alston (born 6 February 1949) is a former professional soccer player. Born in England, he began his career as a youth player with Preston North End and briefly at non-league Fleetwood before moving to Australia. In Australia, he played f ...

Eddie Krncevic Eduvard "Eddie" Krncevic ( ; hr, Edi Krnčević; born 14 August 1960) is a retired Australian footballer who played as a striker, and a current manager. Football career Club career After playing his first four years of professional footbal ...

Paul Wade Paul Wade (born 20 March 1962) is an Australian retired soccer player, who is best known for his long-term role as captain of the Socceroos, Australia's national soccer team. Club career Born in Cheshire, England, Wade moved to Australia w ...

Oscar Crino Oscar Crino (born 9 August 1962) is a former Australian international soccer player who played as a central midfielder. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. Early life Crino was born in 1962 in Buenos Aires, Argentina a ...

* Doug Utjesenovic *

Murray Barnes Murray Barnes (16 January 1954 – 31 December 2011) was an Australian soccer player. Barnes played for the Australian team for six years, captaining the team nine times. Playing career Club career Barnes played for a number of junio ...

Ron Corry Ron Corry (born 21 July 1941) is an Australian former football (soccer) player and coach. He played as a goalkeeper for Australia before entering a coaching career. He is currently the Goalkeeping coach of Sydney United 58 in the NPL NSW. Playin ...

* Alex Gibb * Kevin O'Neill * Joe Watson

Participants

Chris Bambridge Christopher Francis Bambridge (born 7 October 1947) is an Australian retired football referee. Born in Kettering, England he came to Australia from Britain in 1974. A Grade One referee, Bambridge was appointed to the national league in 1977, ...

* Don Sutherland * Charles Valentine * Barry Bainbridge *

Jim Connell Jim Connell (27 March 1852 – 8 February 1929) was an Irish political activist of the late 19th century and early 20th century, best known as the writer of the anthem " The Red Flag" in December 1889. Life Connell was born in the townland of R ...

* Charles Perkins * Emmanuel Poulakakis * John Taylor

2001 inductees

Players

* Bill Vojtek * Cecil Drummond * Alan Davidson *

Frank Farina Frank Farina OAM (born 5 September 1964) is an Australian football (soccer) coach and former player who played as a forward. His playing career spanned Australia, Belgium, France, Italy and England, and was a major player for the Australia ...

Tony Henderson Anthony Joseph Henderson (born 14 January 1954 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England) is a former association footballer who captained Australia five times in the early 1980s. Playing career Club career Henderson played youth football at Blackpool bef ...

* Pat O'Connor *

David Ratcliffe David Ratcliffe (born 9 March 1957) is a former professional footballer. Born in England, he represented Australia at international level. Career Born in Dewsbury, Ratcliffe joined Bradford City as an amateur in July 1972,Frost, p. 405 joini ...

* Jim Tansey *

Players

* Jimmy Fraser, James "Jim" Fraser * Sunni Hughes

2014 inductees

Players

* Sandra Brentnall * Damian Mori * Mark Viduka

Participants

* Stefan Kamasz * Tom Sermanni

2015 inductees

Selection

Awards

1999 Inaugural inductees

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2000 inductees

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2001 inductees

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2002 inductees

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2003 inductees

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2004 inductees

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2005 inductees

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2006 inductees

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2007 inductees

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2008 inductees

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2009 inductees

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2010 inductees

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2011 inductees

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2012 inductees

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2013 inductees

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2014 inductees

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2015 inductees

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2016 inductees

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2018 inductees

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2019 inductees

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2021 inductees

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2022 inductees

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