Dual Richmond premiership player and long-time broadcaster Rex Hunt will be honoured with AFL life membership after the AFL announced today that 10 new Life Members would be inducted at the 2018 Annual General Meeting in March for their services to Australian Football, after having their award confirmed by the AFL Commission.

Hunt played 202 games for Richmond, Geelong and St Kilda from 1968-78 and was a member of the Tigers' 1969 and 1973 premiership teams. Over the past four decades, Hunt has been a prominent media personality, working primarily as a radio broadcaster.

Life Membership was also conferred under the provision of 'Special Service to the Game' to dual Carlton premiership captain and former AFL Commission Chairman Mike Fitzpatrick and 1993 Norm Smith Medallist and community leader Michael Long.

A total of seven players and umpires qualified automatically after having reached 300 total AFL games during the 2017 season as an umpire or player - Eddie Betts, Chris Donlon, Steve Johnson, Jordan Lewis, Andrew Mackie, Shaun Ryan and Kade Simpson.

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John Condon was awarded the Jack Titus Service Award for outstanding service to football, particularly at a club level in South Australia, for his nearly 60-year commitment to the game across the Prospect, North Adelaide and Adelaide Crows Football Clubs.

AFL Chief Executive Officer Gillon McLachlan said the Commission congratulated each individual on their award and the game looked forward to thanking each personally again at the season launch in March for their contribution to football, both on-field as players and umpires and off-field for their service as administrators / officials.

Rex Hunt:
113 games for Richmond 1968-74, kicking 121 goals.
32 games for the Geelong Cats 1974-75, kicking 44 goals.
57 games for St Kilda 1976-78, kicking 111 goals.
Premierships 1969, 1973.
Club Leading Goal Kicker 1969.
Since his playing career, has worked extensively for nearly four decades in media across print, radio and television, but primarily as a radio broadcaster, calling more than 2000 games.