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Life membership selection criteria amended

Monday, 2 January 2012
Staff writers for essendonfc.com.au
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Essendon Football Club Board has resolved to amend its criteria for the consideration of awarding Life Membership.

The amends only impact players, both past and present and the selection criteria now applied is as follows:

- Playing of 150 senior matches (AFL home and away or finals);
- 10 years on the senior list;
- A Premiership player; and
- At the Board’s discretion.

At the season launch in 2012, recently retired player Andrew Welsh and current players David Hille and Brent Stanton will be awarded the honour.

Premiership players not already life members will be awarded in retrospect at a special premiership players dinner on the eve of the 2012 season.

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PLAYER PROFILE: David Hille
PLAYER PROFILE: Brent Stanton

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This sounds like a good thing. These players give so much to our game, our club. They deserve this honor. Well done Bombers...again.

- Gail Taylor (posted 2/01/2012 10:50:29 AM)

So will that make Billy Duckworth a life member? - if so sensational!!

- Ken Rogers (posted 2/01/2012 11:51:17 AM)

This should see a substantial increase in the total life members at this club, which stood at 127 according to the last Bomber magazine (I imagine that list only includes those still with us). For a club about to turn 140 years old, I think it's right to honor as many great contributors to this club as possible.

- Wesley Hull (posted 2/01/2012 12:10:03 PM)

YOU MAKE ME SO PROUD HAPPY NEW YEAR AT LAST 2012 HAS COME NOT LONG NOW UNTIL THE FOOTY SEASON

- MARK JONES (posted 2/01/2012 12:19:43 PM)

CLASS Bombers,the way to go to make MANY more feel appreciated,respected and rewarded in some way for what they gave to this great Club... PROUD AND PRIDE,all recipients should be feeling :-)

- Noel Shields (posted 2/01/2012 12:25:03 PM)

I hope Hille can have a great season. We get the best out of him and we are definite finals prospect. Paddy can play CHB/F and Belly can ruck all year with David. Who needs another ruckman?

- Brad Scarr (posted 2/01/2012 12:25:45 PM)

Fantastic news! It's good to see the club continuing to support the players that helped make the club great.

- Justin Millard (posted 2/01/2012 12:41:10 PM)

Congratulations Guys, well deserved. Amazing effort by Brent Stanton to become a life member so quickly. Hopefully you become a 300 game Premiership player for Essendon.

- Andrew Couch (posted 2/01/2012 5:38:12 PM)

A fair and reasonable criteria indeed for all those who have served the red and black

- chris mccormick (posted 2/01/2012 6:36:07 PM)

I would like to see the criteria amended so that 40 year members are given automatic life membership. So long as the 40 years has been continuous.

- Bob Davies (posted 4/01/2012 3:43:40 PM)

Why bother dobby? Giving due respect was not on your list of resolutions this year?

- Brad Scarr (posted 6/01/2012 6:48:49 PM)