Life Membership is a privilege awarded to a select few by their peers for extraordinary service beyond what would normally be expected. To be awarded Life Membership of any group, whether it be sporting or otherwise, is one of the greatest personal honours any individual can ever have bestowed upon them.

Life Members are an extremely important and integral element of the GFUL Organisation, not only for the long periods of distinguished service they have provided, but also for the tangible links that they provide to our past history and the continuance of the great traditions of the GFUL.

Life Members of the GFUL are elected by the members at a special gathering each year. To be eligible for nomination, a member must have completed at least 10 years overall membership, although the GFUL Board of Management has the power to make recommendations at any time.

Criteria for eligibility for GFUL Life Membership includes performance of service above and beyond the call of duty, which entails the expending of considerable effort and personal time without recompense, beyond the course of normal Umpiring, Training and Meeting activities, for the benefit of the League in general.

The GFUL have awarded Life Membership to many outstanding individuals since forming in 1935, and the following record of Life members contains many great personalities and legends of the GFUL.

1940

1946

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964 

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972 

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

 *H. Eliott

*B. Collier

* G. Alldis

*C. Rawlings

*A. Barnett

*R. Johns, *E. Pell, *V. Jones, *W. Mahon

*H. Peters

*P. Squires

*G. Jackson

*H. Beasley

*J. Beasley

*G. Stokes

*C. Eliott

*W. Bravo

S. Payne

*C. Matthewson

*C. Tozer, *B. Cracknell

*C. Welsh

E. Foster

*L. Mensch

*E. Field

*P. Heap

H. Stapleton, *R. Spitty

D. Clarke

A. Doull, *G. Grass, *E. Wills

*J. Robinson

R. Armstrong, *H. Goodgame, *E Agg

*B Anderson

A. Colenso, V. Robinson

K. McMaster

W. Minett, G. Stribley

P. Synot

A. McLean, E. Huessi

R. Gurrie

K. Saunders

J. Henry

G. Chidzey

C. Morgan, G. Kerr,

D. Sharp

A. Carroll

*R. Wise

T. Cromer

D. Gilmore

R. Edwards

P. Doull

R. Whelan

A. Gladki

A. Smith

H. Witcombe

H. Gilson

N. Hooper

S. Allinson

P. Hedges, M. Fanning

D. Felder

M. Nolan

D McMaster, P. Nelis, N. Robinson

M. Osborne, P. Jones, J. Davies, J Barron

D. Chaston, R. Beattie, D. Hargreaves, R. Stokes

S. Carbines, R. Hallett, D. McLachlan

P. Grossman, S. Pokorny, D. Cockerill, S Mirabile

B. Beveridge, J Ververs, J Hill, M Gray

* Denotes Deceased