Received life membership in 2003.

In the final Issue of the 1983 Inside Ainslie Newsletter, the author wrote of “One of the most respected – and popular – players in the League John Miller or ‘J.M.'”.

John Miller started playing with Ainslie […]

Received life membership in 2001.

Michael Richardson joined Ainslie as a junior in 1984 and would continue to play until 1999. During that time he participated in multiple premierships, player on the ACT representative team multiple years running and was a […]

Received life membership in 1999.

Captain-Coach 1978-1983. The ‘Cowboy’ came to Ainslie from VFL club St Kilda and set a standard of play and sportsmanship for all to follow. He led the club to premierships in 1979 and 1983 and championships […]

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 lived nearby. Ginty also gave […]

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 at the end of the […]

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 one of the tallest amongst […]

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 was a part of 8 […]

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 in First Grade and 105 […]