Received life membership in 1957.

An Ainslie Junior form 1944 – Tom Played in the senior teams for a long stretch from 1950 – 1969. He was a member of the AFC Committee from 1953 to 1977. Tom was […]

Received life membership in 1955.

Matthew contributed to the club as an official in various roles, starting off as a committee member in 1936 to 1937, he would then be the clubs treasurer from 1938 to 1941. Unfortunately there are little […]

Received life membership in 1954.

Bruce began playing for the club in 1947 and would continue playing on the team alongside performing his duties as a club member. With 1954 being his highlight year where he would be both […]

Received life membership in 1954.

Mr Bloomfield was a proud Wiradjuri man who was looked up to by many of his peers, an exemplar of integrity and moral standing.

Born in 1918 into a time period unfavourable to Aboriginal people, where they […]

Received his life membership in 1953.

Initially playing for Ainslie starting in 1940, Hugh Dudley Kruger was a busy man. Alongside his time playing AFL, he was also the football club secretary, and working for the ACT Department of health. He […]

Received life membership in 1953.

Becoming associated with the Ainslie Football Club in 1933 Stan Ray initially managed the Junior Teams for some years and was eventually a Delegate to the Junior League from 1947-50.  Other positions held were […]

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 […]