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BFL Hall of Fame created to honour starsPosted on Aug. 24, 2008 at 2:50 AM - Post Comment
HOW do you honour the achievements of a Ballarat Football League legend like Jim Gull when the league does not have a Hall of Fame?Easy. You create one.On Monday night the BFL will launch the Ballarat Football Netball League Hall of Fame with its first induction of five league greats and one legend.The identities of five of those remain a mystery.But the BFL can announce Gull as one of its Hall of Famers. After all, it was Gull's recent passing, and the league's wish to pay tribute to one of its greats, that prompted the establishment of the Hall of Fame. "Jim passed away six months ago and there was a nomination for life membership," BFL chief executive Rod Ward said. "But according to our pre-requisite for life membership, Jim did not qualify. So we wanted to find the right way to honour Jim and we saw the Ovens and Murray (Hall of Fame) model and thought it was perfect." After playing 21 games in the VFL for South Melbourne, Gull came to then-BFL club Daylesford and established hi...
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