Richmond is seeking the relatives of several deceased premiership players.
These premiership players, predominantly from the Tigers’ VFA era, are to be posthumously awarded life membership of the Club, which the relatives will accept on their behalf.
This is in line with Richmond’s policy of bestowing the life membership honour upon every senior premiership team member (VFA, VFL and AFL), regardless of length of tenure at Tigerland.
The Tigers won two VFA premierships, in 1902 and 1905, before entering the VFL in 1908.
If you are related to any of the Richmond premiership players listed below, please contact the Club on (03) 9426 4400.
VFA era
Jack Cathie – 41 games. Centre half-forward in the Club’s 1902 premiership side. Played three seasons at Richmond. Wore a white hat when he played.
Alfred Charles Davidson – 41 games. Played four seasons with Richmond. Full-forward in the 1902 premiership team.
Roland Duncan – 23 games. Was a forward in the 1902 premiership side. Had earlier played with Collingwood.
Tom Gault – 35 games. Ruckman in the 1902 premiership team. Played at Richmond for four seasons.
Percy Gibb – 34 games. Wingman in the 1902 premiership side. Also was a premiership player with Collingwood.
P. Gibney (first name unknown) -- one game. A forward in the 1902 premiership team.
Tim Hardiman – 23 games. Half-forward in the 1902 premiership side. Played four seasons with Richmond.
K. Hardy (first name unknown) – one game. Forward pocket in the 1902 premiership team.
George ‘Mallee’ Johnson – 39 games. Centre half-back in the 1902 premiership side. Fought in the Boer War. Also played in three premierships with Carlton.
Ernie Justins – 42 games. Back pocket in the 1902 premiership team. Played with his brother Joe in that premiership.
Joe Justins – 15 games. Centre half-back in the 1902 premiership side.
Ernest Maine – two games. A forward in the 1902 premiership team. Played with his brother Jack in that premiership.
Jack Maine – 29 games. Alternated between back pocket and half back in the 1902 premiership side.
Manning (first name unknown) – seven games. Full-back in the 1902 premiership team.
Richard Pirrie – 24 games. Half-forward for Richmond in the 1902 premiership side. Came from the Melbourne Football Club, where he played 24 games.
Archie Richardson – 49 games. Wingman in the 1902 premiership team. Served in World War 1 for Australia and in World War 2 for America. He lived through every Richmond premiership in the VFA and VFL, and died aged 101.
Wilson (first name unknown) – one game. Member of the 1902 premiership side.
Bill Lang (William Lanfranchi) – 53 games. Centre half-back in the 1905 premiership team. Also fought for boxing’s World Heavyweight title. Is an inductee in the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame.
Walter Sykes – 32 games. Centreman in the 1905 premiership side.
Charlie Ricketts – 51 games. Rover in the 1905 premiership team.
VFL era
Jack Anderson (John Yates Anderson) – nine games. Reserve in the 1932 premiership side. Born in 1908 and died in 1958. His immediate family included wife Elsie and sons John (a 3DB radio announcer), Ian, Lindsay and David (deceased). He also had brothers, Colin and Ron, and his parents were from Traralgon.
Roy Quinn (Royston Duggan Quinn) – 24 games. Half-forward in the 1943 premiership team. Born in 1919 and died in 2001. He was survived by ‘Ros’, and was grandfather to Trent and Corey. His father Billy played for Melbourne in 1914.
