Received life membership in 1950.
The senior of the Lionel lineage; Lionel D. James and his family have been with Ainslie football club for decades, with now 4 generations of the James family working and playing at the […]
Received life membership in 1949.
Tom began playing for Ainslie back in 1936 and would continue playing until 1950, he was consistently a top performing player and would be taking home awards each year.
After finishing his stint as a player he […]
Received life membership in 1949.
“Artie” was a player with Ainslie for the better part of 2 decades, starting play around the start of the club as a junior in 1929, he would continue to play across multiple First and Second […]
Received life membership in 1948.
Born 1893 was a long time part of Ainslie, moving to Canberra in in 1932 he stepped up as President in 1939 and was the longest serving club president at a period of 14 years. Whilst […]
Received life membership in 1947.
Henry James (Harry) Gaylard was born in 1903 at Colac, Victoria and played AFL at school. Moved to Canberra in 1925 to play for Blandfordia and then transferred to Eastlake in 1926. Worked […]
Received life membership in 1939.
Another of the founding members at Ainslie, joining the committee in 1928 was just the start of his tenure at the club. Chris worked his way up to the role of President in 1934-1935 and would […]
Received life membership in 1936.
John “Jack” Irvine was one of the founding members of the Ainslie Football Club, alongside his tenure at Ainslie he concurrently served as the secretary for St Kilda and the Honorary Vice President for Ainslie in […]
Received life membership in 1935.
Starting off his career at Ainslie, Albert was initially brought on as the club’s secretary and would implement a 5 year plan focusing on the development of the Ainslie Junior League, the Junior’s had already started […]
Received life membership in 1934.
Thomas James only had a short tenure at Ainslie, but was one of the earliest members. Joining the club in 1930 he served as the Vice President in that first year, before stepping up to be […]
Received life membership in 1933.
An outstanding contributor to the early development and success of the Ainslie Football Club. Both on and off the field Williams was a constant from 1928 through to the decision in early 1942 to suspend […]