Sir William Walkley
A prominent businessman, Sir William Walkley was elected second President of the Australian Soccer Federation in 1963.
He held the position until 1970, also serving as the President of the Oceania Football Confederation at this time.
He founded the company 'Ampol', which sponsored various football knockout competitions around Australia.
Walkley also founded the Walkley Awards for excellence in Australian journalism, which are still very prominent to this day.
He was an outstanding football administrator and widely respected in the football community.
Hall of Fame 1999 Inductees
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Johnny Warren, MBE, OAM
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Julie Dolan AM
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Rale Rasic OAM
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Frank Arok
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Joe Marston, MBE
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Charlie Yankos
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Harry Williams
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Connie Selby
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Cliff Sander
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Ray Baartz
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John Perin
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Harry Dockerty
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Frank Parsons
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Jeff Olver
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Les Scheinflug AM
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Sjel "Mike" De Bruyckere
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Gordon "Bunny" Nunn
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Attila Abonyi
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Sergio Melta
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Gary Marocchi
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Tom Jack
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Allan Johns
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Jimmy Mackay
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Manfred Schaefer
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William "Bill" Henderson
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John Kosmina
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Jack 'Digger' Evans
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William "Bill" Coolahan
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Jim Armstrong
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Peter Wilson
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Jimmy Rooney
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Ron Adair
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John Watkiss
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Zoran Matic
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Ray Richards
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Graham Jennings
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Col Curran
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John Nyskohus
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James McNabb
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William Maunder
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Frank Loughran
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Bob Lawrie
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Alf Quill
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James "Judy" Masters
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Ron Lord
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Bob Bignell
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Reg Date
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Sir Arthur George AO
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Ron Wright
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Sir William Walkley
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Frank McIver
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Graham McMillan
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John "Martin" Royal
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Peter Nikolich
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Des Miles
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Ron Smith
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William Thomas
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Joe Vlasits
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Fred Barlow
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Donald Campbell OAM
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Harry Croft
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Pamela Gilbert
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Keith Gilmour
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Tom Grimson
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Tony Kovac OAM
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Brian Le Fevre
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Jack Logan
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Eric Worthington
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Laurie Schwab
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Julius Re
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Sam Papasavas OAM
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Dieter Klose
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Brian Corrigan AM
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Ian Brusasco
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Giacomo "Jim" Bayutti OAM
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Michael Weinstein AM, BEM
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Elaine Watson OAM
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Vic Tuting MBE
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Robert Telfer
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Theo Marmaris MBE
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Arthur Gibbs
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John Walter Fletcher
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Tony Boscovic
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George Smith
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