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TIGERS CLUB NEWS ARCHIVE
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Life Membership of AFL Canberra awarded to ALAN MUIR
23 December 2004
The Tigers living Legend Alan Muir has been honoured once again
for his contribution to AFL in the Canberra / Queanbeyan region with Life
Membership of AFL Canberra.
He becomes only the third person associated with the Tigers Club in its
80 Year History to be acknowledged in the category of Life Membership.
The others being Jim Prendergast* (1947) and Frank Hopkins*
(1975).
The announcement of the Life Membership to Alan Muir was made at the
AFL Canberra’s Annual General Meeting by President Ron Cahill
who spoke with enormous passions of Alan’s involvement and association
with Australian Football.
His association with the Queanbeyan Tigers spans over 60 years and includes
Administration roles as President, Secretary, Chairman of Selectors, tribunal
delegate (1985 – to current), and long time publicity officer with
the Queanbeyan Age (1950 – to current).
On the playing field he represented the Tigers on 225 occasions until
the record was broken by an equal legend in Tony Wynd and has since
been eclipsed by Michael Goiser, Doug Daniel and Robert Anderson
all of whom are recognised by Muir as possibly four of the best players
ever produced by the Tigers Organisation. He played in the Grand Finals
teams of the highly successful Queanbeyan/ Acton Combine featuring in
three premierships during that era plus the next losing grand final of
1961.
He has been honoured at the Tigers Club with inclusion on the Tigers
Wall of Fame, gained Life Membership in 1985 and was one of the instigators
in the now very prestigious Tigers 100 Club formed in 1982 to recognise
player achievements within the organisation.
In 2000, the ACT Sporting Community recognised his magnificent commitment
to Sport with admittance to the ACT Sports Hall of Fame - as an Associate
Member, whilst he was also awarded by the Australian Government with the
Australian Sports Medal in the same year.
Known for his rich sense of humour, he is the ultimate club person. Both
passionate and loyal, he epitomises the spirit of the Tigers Club and
is loved by “all and sundry” in our organisation” says
Club Chairperson Geoff Gosling.
The announcement of Life Membership came as a complete surprise to Alan
who went to the Annual meeting to witness his son Ian being appointed
to the AFL Canberra Board of Management only to be completely humbled
by the prestigious award.
He is the Tigers “living Legend” and at age 74 does not even
contemplate retirement from the Club he loves so dearly.
* deceased.
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