List of VFL/AFL commissioners and club presidents

This is a listing of all the commissioners and club presidents of the VFL/AFL:

VFL/AFL Presidents/Chairman

Alex McCracken (1897–1915)
Oliver Maurice Williams (1915–1917)^[1]
Chas Brownlow (1917–1919) (caretaker)
Walter Baldwin Spencer (1919–1926)
William C. McClelland (1926–1956)
Sir Kenneth Luke (1956–1971)
Sir Maurice Nathan (1971–1977)
Allen Aylett (1977–1983)
Jack Hamilton (1983–1986)
Ross Oakley (1986–1993)
John Kennedy, Sr. (1993–1997)
Ron Evans AM (1997–2007)
Mike Fitzpatrick (2007–2017)
Richard Goyder (2017-)

Noel Gordon (1996–1999)
Alan Piper (1999–2000)
Graeme Downie (2000–2006)
Tony Kelly (2006–2010)
Angus Johnson (2010–2013)
Bob Sharpless (2013 – present)

A.H. Shaw (1896–1901)
Robert Heatley (1901–1904)
H.B. Higgins (1904–1905)
W.F. Evans (1905–1907)
J. Urquhart (1907–1910)
J. McInerney (1910–1912)
D. Bell (1912–1914)
J. Gardiner (1914–1925)
D. Young (1925–1928)
D.H. Crone (1929–1938)
Sir Kenneth Luke (1938–1956)
H.R. Clover (1956–1958)
L.J.M. Holmes (1958–1965)
George Harris (1965–1975)
Ivan Rohrt (1975–1978)
George Harris (1978–1980)
Ian Rice (1980–1983)
John Elliott (1983–2002)
Ian Collins (2002–2006)
Graham Smorgon (2006–2007)
Stephen Kernahan (2007)
Richard Pratt (2007–2008)
Stephen Kernahan (2008–2014)
Mark LoGiudice (2014 – present)

William Beazley (1892–1911)
Alfred Cross (1912)
Jim Sharp (1913–1923)
Harry Curtis (1924–1950)
Syd Coventry (1950–1962)
Tom Sherrin (1963–1974)
Ern Clarke (1975–1976)
John Hickey (1977–1981)
Ranald Macdonald (1982–1986)
Allan McAllister (1986–1995)
Kevin Rose (1996–1998)
Eddie McGuire (1998 – present)

Alexander McCracken (1897–1903)
W Kent-Hughes (1904–1907)
A L Crichton (1908–1919)
W Raper (1920–1925)
A F McGowan (1926–1929)
F F Campbell (1930–1934)
A F Showers (1935–1940)
N H Mirams (1940)
W R Crichton (1941–1959)
W G Brew (1959–1968)
Allan Hird Snr (1969–1975)
Colin Stubbs (1976–1980)
Greg Sewell (1981–1987)
Ron Evans (1988–1992)
David Shaw (1992–1996)
Graeme McMahon (1996–2003)
Neil McKissock (2003–2006)
Ray Horsburgh (2006–2009)
David Evans (2009–2013)
Paul Little (2013–2015)
Lindsay Tanner (2015 – present)

Ross Kelly (1995–1998, Chairman)
Ross McLean (1999–2001, Chairman)
Rick Hart (2002 – 2009, titled Chairman until 2004, President since 2005)
Steve Harris (2009–2016)
Dale Alcock (2016 – present)

JH Grey (1891–1899)
J McMullen (1900–1902)
HB Hodges (1903–1909)
AH Bowman (1910–1920)
Brig. Gen. R Smith (1921–1922)
Cr WL Carr (1922)
Dr JE Piper (1923–1926)
Cr JA Thear (1927–1929)
M Jacobs (1930–1938)
TB Hawkes (1939)
BNM Collins (1940–1945)
Jack Jennings (1946–1970)
Vern Johnstone (1971–1973)
Neil Trezise (1974–1975)
MO Graham (1976–1979)
JN McHolt (1980–1982)
Dr KLC Threlfall (1983–1987)
W Bannon (1987–1988)
Ron Hovey OAM (1988–1998)
Frank Costa (1998–2010)
Colin Carter (2011–present)

JW Kennon (1925–1932)
Dr Jacob Jona J.P. (1932–1949)
David Prentice (1949–1953)
Dr AS Ferguson (1953–1968)
Phil Ryan (1968–1980)
Ron Cook (1980–1988)
Trevor Coote (1988–1994)
Geoff Lord (1994–1995)
Brian Coleman (1995–1996)
Ian Dicker (1996–2005)
Jeff Kennett (2005–2011, 2017–present)
Andrew Newbold (2011–2016)
Richard Garvey (2016–2017)

H. C. A. Harrison (1897–1906)
T. F. Morkham (1907–1910)
A. A. Aitken (1911)
William C. McClelland (1912–1926)
Vernon Ransford (1927–1928)
Joe Blair (1929–1946)
William Flintoft (1947–1949)
Albert Chadwick (1950–1962)
Donald Duffy (1963–1974)
John Mitchell (1975–1978)
Wayne Reid (1979–1980)
Sir Billy Snedden (1981–1986)
Stuart Spencer (1986–1991)
Ian Ridley (1991–1996)
Joseph Gutnick (1996–2002)
Gabriel Szondy (2002–2003)
Paul Gardner (2003–2008)
Jim Stynes (2008–2012)
Don McLardy (2012–2013)
Peter Spargo (2013) (Acting)
Glen Bartlett (2013–present)

Patrick Sullivan (1924–1928)
Dr D Berman (1928)
Arthur Calwell (1928–1934)
Dr D Berman (1934–1937)
Frank Trainor (1937–1952)
Johnny Meere (1952–1953)
Phonse Tobin (1953–1956)
Alex Marr (1956–1962)
Jack Adams (1962–1965)
Tony Trainor (1965–1971)
Allen Aylett (1971–1977)
Lloyd Holyoak (1977–1980)
Albert Mantello (1980)
Bob Ansett (1980–1992)
Ron Casey (1992–2000)
Andrew Carter (2000–2001)
Allen Aylett (2001–2005)
Graham Duff (2005–2007)
John Magowan (2007)
James Brayshaw (2007–2016)
Ben Buckley (2016–present)

Graham Huggins (1959–1979)
Lindsay Fox (1979–1985)
David Perry (1985–1986)
Travis Payze (1987–1993)
Andrew Plympton (1993–2001)
Rod Butterss (2001–2007)
Greg Westaway (2007–2013)
Peter Summers (2013–present)

Graeme John (1978–1981)
Jack Marks (1981–1985)
Dr. Geoffrey Edelsten (1985–1986)
Craig Kimberley (1986–1988)
Peter Weinert (1988–1993)
Richard Colless (1993–2013)
Andrew Pridham (2013 – present)

Richard Colless (1987)
Neil Hamilton (1987–89)
Terry O'Connor (1989–92)
Dwane Buckland (1992–96)
Murray McHenry (1996–98)
Michael Smith (1998–2002)
Dalton Gooding (2002–2007)
Mark Barnaba (2007–10)
Alan Cransberg (2010–2016)
Russell Gibbs (2016–present)

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