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 […]

Received life membership in 1932.

Joining the club in 1928 George was one of the first members of the Ainslie Football Club, his first office held was as Vice president until 1929, but alongside this he was a dedicated timekeeper, a […]

Received life membership in 1931.

Mr Sutton was an instrumental part of Ainslie Football Club.

Alf Sutton initially arrived in Canberra in 1920 as a carpenter before he would become one of Ainslie’s foundation players in 1927. Alf would […]