LIFE MEMBER HONOUR ROLL

The Ainslie Football Club are proud to launch the Life Member Honour Roll, highlighting the contributions of such significant people in our Club’s history.

The Club has inducted 110 Life Members since 1931, without these extraordinary individuals we would not be the Club we are today.

  • Multiple images: From left to right, top to bottom. Photo of James and two other club members standing in front of the club trophy cabinet. James and two others standing beside the club trophy cabinet. Black and white profile photo of James in a suit.

James Keegan

Received life membership in 1999.

Jim Keegan was born in Canberra on the 13th June 1931. He attended Ainslie Primary School and Canberra High School. “He was introduced to Australian Rules by Alan (Ginty) Stevens who […]

H Kelvin Duncan

Received life membership in 1999.

Hugh Kelvin Duncan joined the Ainslie team in 1988 as a committee member, though he quickly became club treasurer in 1990; a position he would hold until retiring from the club […]

James Backen

Received life membership in 1999.

Before playing for Ainslie, Jim was an RAF Aircraftman in the Second World War, enlisting in May 1944 and Discharged in September 1945. He would join Ainslie in 1946 and, being […]

Ian Muir

Received life membership in 1997.

lan Muir, an Ainslie Junior, played 201 First Grade games for Ainslie. Member of the 1990 Premiership team and the 6 Ainslie Premierships teams from 1992 to 1997. Holds […]

Andrew Bishop

Received life membership in 1997.

Andrew bishop started playing with Ainslie in 1980 for the under 15s team, he began his senior gameplay in 1984 and retired in 1997 with 206 first grade games played. Andrew […]

Robbie Baxter

Received life membership in 1995.

Robbie Baxter had a long career at Ainslie, joining the club in 1980 and playing until 1998. In those nearly 20 years of AFL he amassed over 300 games. with 208 […]