Ablett, Worsfold and Fletcher among Hall of Fame inductees

The Australian Football Hall of Fame opened its doors to six new names while elevating one Legend on Tuesday night.

The Hall of Fame gala saw Western Australian legend Bill Walker elevated as the 34th Legend of the game for his deeds at Swan Districts.

Walker, the only player to win the Sandover Medal on four occasions, joins fellow WA football greats Merv McIntosh, Graham Farmer and Haydn Bunton Snr as a Legend.

Inducted into the general Hall of Fame was modern-day GOAT Gary Ablett Jnr - the two-time Brownlow Medallist for Geelong and Gold Coast.

Ablett joins his dad, Gary Ablett Snr, who was inducted in 2005.

Two-time West Coast premiership captain and premiership coach John Worsfold also joined the Hall of Fame ranks along with 400-game Essendon great Dustin Fletcher.

Tiwi Islands and Northern Territory champion David Kantilla was also inducted alongside fellow SANFL superstar Tim Evans who kicked 1019 goals for Port Adelaide.

Umpire Hayden Kennedy, who officiated 495 matches and five Grand Finals, joined the aforementioned players/coaches in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

Legend

Bill Walker

• 305 games for Swan Districts 1961-76, 456 goals
• 21 games for WA
• 5x Best and Fairest 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970
• 1x Leading Goalkicker 1961 (61 goals)
• 3x Premierships player 1961, 1962, 1963
• 4x Sandover Medal 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970
• Simpson Medal 1967 v SA
• All Australian 1969
• WAFL Best First Year Player 1961
• Captain 1972-75
• Swan Districts Team of the Century
• Coached Swan Districts 1969-71, 63 games for 14 wins, 48 losses, one draw
• President Swan Districts 1983-95
• Life Member – Swan Districts, WAFL

General Inductees

GARY ABLETT JNR

• 357 games, 445 goals
• Geelong Cats (247 games, 321 goals - 2002-10, 2018-20) / Gold Coast Suns (110 games, 124 goals - 2011-17)
• 2009, 2013 Brownlow Medal
• 2007, 2009 Premierships
• 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017 Best and Fairest
• 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 All Australian
• 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 AFLPA MVP
• 2007, 2008, 2009 AFLCA Best Player
• 2011-16 Gold Coast Captain

TIM EVANS

• 59 games for Geelong 1971-74, 26 goals
• 232 games for Port Adelaide 1975-86, 1019 goals (second-most SANFL goals)
• 10 games for SA, 41 goals
• 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981 premierships
• 1977, 1978, 1980 (146), 1981, 1982 (125), 1984 (127) SANFL leading goalkicker
• 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 Port Adelaide leading goalkicker
• Port Adelaide FC Greatest Team (full forward)
• 3x century goalkicker 1980, 1982, 1984

DUSTIN FLETCHER

• 400 games, 71 goals for Essendon 1993-2015
• 2x Premierships 1993 2000
• 1x Best and Fairest 2000
• 2x All Australian 2000 2007

DAVID KANTILLA

• 113 games for South Adelaide 1961-66, 106 goals
• 180 (est) games for St Mary’s 1958-59 – 1968-89
• 4 Games for SA
• South Adelaide Best and Fairest 1961, 1962
• St Mary’s Best and Fairest 1960/61
• South Adelaide Premiership 1964 (Best on Ground)
• St Mary’s Premierships 1958/59, 1959/60, 1965/66 and 1966/67 (plus seven losing grand finals)
• First Tiwi Island player with substantive career in the SANFL
• Indigenous Team of the Century (Interchange)
• NT Team of the Century (ruck, vice-captain)
• NTFL Hall of Fame (Legend)
• 1968/69 St Mary’s Captain / Coach

HAYDEN KENNEDY

• 495 VFL/AFL games umpired 1988-2011, plus three state games (record-holder at retirement)
• 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2003 Grand Finals
• 39 Finals
• 1997 All Australian Umpire
• AFL Umpires coach 2013 – 21

JOHN WORSFOLD

• 209 games for West Coast 1987-98, 37 goals
• Five games for WA
• Two games for Australia
• 1992, 1994 Premierships
• 1988 Best and Fairest (re-named as John Worsfold medal)
• 1988 1990 All Australian
• Captain 138 games, 1991-98 (club record-holder)
• Coach 281 games, 2002-13 (club record-holder)
• 2006 Premiership Coach