Three-time Richmond premiership star Dustin Martin and former Club president Peggy O'Neal will be inducted as AFL Life Members at the competition's AGM in March 2024.
Martin qualified automatically for the top honour by reaching a total of 300 games as either player or coach, including pre-season games and international rules contests.
O'Neal has been awarded life membership to the league for her service to the game, acknowledged for her contribution to the competition.
Martin is one of just six AFL players to be added as a new Life Member next year.
Dustin Martin
- 289 premiership games for Richmond, kicking 328 goals.
- 18 pre-season games for Richmond.
- 3 x Premiership Player for Richmond 2017, 2019, 2020.
- 3 x Norm Smith Medallist 2017, 2019, 2020.
- 1 x Brownlow Medallist 2017.
- 4 x All Australian 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020.
- 2 x Club Best and Fairest 2016, 2017.
Peggy O’Neal
- Joined the Richmond Football Club Board in 2005.
- President from 2013-2021, during which the Club won the 2017, 2019 and 2020 premierships and rebuilt its off-field status to build membership past 100k fans.
- 2014, appointed to chair the Victorian Minister for Sport's year-long Inquiry into 'Women and Girls in Sport and Active Recreation' and until June 2018 was convenor of the Minister's Change Our Game Champions program.
- 2018, appointed by the AFL to its inaugural Competition Committee which advises the AFL Commission on issues regarding the design and future of the AFL competition.
- 2019, was appointed to the Australian Institute of Sport Athlete Wellbeing and Engagement Advisory Committee.
- 2020, member of the AFL Mental Health Steering Committee.
