Jim Stynes was a hero in the truest sense of the word. His personal achievements were many and he left an indelible imprint on the Melbourne Football Club that will last forever. He was and always will be a Demon hero.
Perhaps his proudest achievement came in 2008, when he stood in front of a group of Melbourne supporters and called upon them to ‘save the club’ on a night we affectionately labeled the ‘Debt Demolition.’ 5 million dollars was to be raised to wipe club debt and begin the movement towards success and the formation of the Foundation Heroes.
Since that night the Foundation Heroes have gone on to be the most successful supporter group in the AFL. A group of passionate Melbourne supporters, spurred on by Jim Stynes to continually stand by the club they love. Effectively, the Foundation Heroes are laying a foundation for our players and coaches to claim the ultimate success the club is striving for.
How to become a Foundation Hero
To become one of this elite group, we ask for a minimum $5000 donation, and welcome any additional donations as you see fit.
Some members have achieved silver, gold or platinum status in our Foundation Legends initiative. Once a combined donation amount is reached, donors are elevated into Foundation Legends, who are entitled to an additional range of exclusive opportunities and recognition.
Donations are fully tax deductible when paid to the Australian Sports Foundation via the Red and Blue Foundation.
Foundation Hero benefits
A wide range of exclusive recognition, including: honour board, yearbook and website listing, as well as an individually numbered Foundation Heroes certificate and lapel pin.
Foundation Legend benefits
As above, plus:
- A range of additional exclusive opportunities
- Acknowledgement at club events
- Stewardship by club leaders
- Recognition – Honour board, club website and yearbook listing, lapel pin
Where donations are directed
Melbourne Football Club Development Fund
The Red and Club Foundation has registered the Melbourne Football Club Development Fund with the Australian Sports Foundation. It encapsulates four key areas that individuals can contribute to in order to help the club achieve its strategic objectives:
- High performance (football)
- Community and grassroots programs
- Women’s programs (including women’s AFL games)
- History and heritage
Donations are fully tax deductible and each donation will play a vital role in ensuring the development of these critical areas. Donors can select a specific project to donate to or alternatively, donations can be made to the overarching fundraising program, the Melbourne Football Club Development Fund.
By contributing to the Red and Blue Foundation, you are helping the Melbourne Football Cub achieve its objectives and in doing so field and develop a strong, competitive team and provide meaningful football and community programs. In addition to providing tax deductibility, all Melbourne Football Club disbursement is fully endorsed by both the ASF and the Red & Blue Foundation, providing assurance for the donor.
High performance (football) - The ability to provide players and staff with the facilities and resources required to maximise their potential is a fundamental objective for any AFL club. We operate in a fast-paced, competitive industry, which drives innovation in athlete management, preparation, strength and conditioning and coaching. At Melbourne Football Club, our innovations committee discuss and assess these innovations based on the overall benefit to our players’ performance and invest when appropriate.
Community and grassroots programs - The club recognises the importance of giving back to the community and we achieve this through various programs designed to grow the sport at a community level. These include education, indigenous, grassroots and multicultural programs. Football is an integral part of galvanising the community, family and friends. The club recognises this and establishes meaningful initiatives to enhance and support healthy lifestyles and community spirit.
Women’s programs (including women’s AFL games) - The club continues to be an industry leader in supporting women in football. Through our AFL women’s team and support of both senior and junior women’s football in Victoria, we actively work to encourage the growth and development of the sport from the grassroots level through to elite senior football. The club has actively pushed for a women’s national competition and saw its efforts come to fruition in the form of the inaugural AFL Women’s Draft and AFL Women’s Exhibition Match in 2013. Melbourne has drafted some of Australia’s best female footballers, providing them with an opportunity to train and play at an elite level and will continue to be a force in the AFL Women’s competition in the future.
History and heritage - The Melbourne Football Club is the oldest professional football club in the world and we are very proud of that fact. In almost 160 years it has naturally accumulated stores of memorabilia and priceless artefacts that need to be made available for public viewing. Whether it is online or in a museum from within our training base, a dedicated recognition of the Melbourne Football Club’s past is an important part of club operation. The club has undertaken a cataloguing exercise of its collections in readiness for the day it has raised enough funds to undertake such a venture.
To find out more about the Foundation Heroes and Legends, and other ways to support the club, please contact the club:
Phone: (03) 9652 1155
Email: membership@melbournefc.com.au
Request a Call: Have a member of our team contact you about ways to donate
The ASF’s privacy policy and terms and conditions can be found at www.asf.org.au
Foundation Legend - Diamond ($1M+)
David Thurin
Foundation Legend - Sapphire Blue ($750K-$999K)
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Foundation Legend - Ruby Red ($550K-$749K)
Chris Barlow
David Massey
Foundation Legend - Platinum ($250K-$499K)
Peter Spargo
John Trotter
Ren Barlow
Foundation Legend - Gold ($150K-$249K)
Guy Jalland
Bill Gibbins
Geoffrey Freeman
Peter Lawrence
Ross Young
Foundation Legend - Silver ($100K-$149K)
Peter Szental (dec)
Geoffrey Porz
Lawrie O’Shea
Barry Bourke
Foundation Legend - Bronze ($80K-$99K)
Peter McGrath
Lawrie De La Rue
Carolann De La Rue
David Rennick
John Hodgson
Foundation Legend ($60K-$79K)
Don McLardy
Robert O'Brien
Greg Hargrave
Mark Walkley
Patrick Hilditch
Len Gill
Leigh Perkins
Peter Cooper
| 1 David Thurin | 2 Peter Szental (dec) | 3 Bill Gibbins |
| 4 Geoffrey Porz | 5 Mark Walkley | 6 Greg Hargrave |
| 7 Guy Jalland | 8 Philip Allison | 9 Wayne Crewes |
| 10 David Massey | 11 George Simon | 12 Ross & Julie (dec) Young |
| 13 Glenn Barnes | 14 Barry Bourke | 15 Luke Hartman |
| 16 Andrew Kroger | 17 David Broomhall | 18 Leigh Perkins |
| 19 Richard Price | 20 Ross Turnbull | 21 Antony Baillieu |
| 22 Charlie Baillieu | 23 Bev Barlow (dec.) | 24 Doug Barlow |
| 25 John Collett | 26 Peter Cooper | 27 Michael Corcoris |
| 28 Philip Cornish | 29 Roger Donazzan | 30 Ian George |
| 31 Len Gill | 32 Stuart Grimshaw | 33 William "Bill" Guest |
| 34 Wayne Handley | 35 David Hatton | 36 Patrick Hildtich |
| 37 John Hodgson | 38 Terry Janes | 39 Peter Kopke |
| 40 Ross Lava | 41 Garry Lyon | 42 Geoff Malkin |
| 43 Simon Malkin | 44 Geoff Mason | 45 Tim Mason |
| 46 James Massey | 47 Brock McLean | 48 Richard Mole |
| 49 Mark Nicholson | 50 Terry O'Brien | 51 Henry Otto |
| 52 Steuart Roe | 53 John Rothfield | 54 Mark Rothfield |
| 55 John Tsabasidis (dec) | 56 John Shalit | 57 John Trotter |
| 58 David Wellington | 59 Peggy Wellington | 60 Geoff Freeman |
| 61 Stephen Bickford | 62 Robert Bowen | 63 Robert Christie |
| 64 Chris Connolly | 65 Eileen Crewes | 66 Eric Dick |
| 67 John Etherington | 68 Matthew Franceschini | 69 Jim Gardiner |
| 70 Jamie Gray | 71 Alan Guest | 72 Stewart Gull |
| 73 H.N. Hammet (dec) | 74 Jock Langley | 75 Don McLardy |
| 76 David Muir | 77 David Neitz | 78 Adrian O'Brien |
| 79 Robert O'Brien | 80 Michael Pearce | 81 Tony Rodbard-Bean |
| 82 Brian Sheehan | 83 Peter Spargo | 84 Stephen Spargo |
| 85 Frank D'Agostino | 86 Ron Barassi | 87 Michael Breen |
| 88 Simon Garnett | 89 Fred Oldfield | 90 Craig Robson |
| 91 Peter Thomson | 92 Daniel Williamson | 93 D.G.O. & A Wood |
| 94 John & Liz Wright-Smith | 95 Michael Albrecht | 96 Bill Balcam |
| 97 Robert Barber | 98 Robert Barrington | 99 Neville Beer |
| 100 Reuben Benkel | 101 Irving Birch | 102 David Bird |
| 103 Leo Blake | 104 Bruce Brown | 105 Michael Burbank |
| 106 Andrew Cannon | 107 Jack Chrapot | 108 Harley Cohen |
| 109 Nicholas Corcoris | 110 Rohan Davis | 111 Douglas Derham |
| 112 Simon De Winter | 113 Gary Diamond | 114 Gordon Dickinson |
| 115 Geoff Dumbrell | 116 Bernie Dunn | 117 Tim Eddy |
| 118 Andrew Erikson | 119 Andrew Facey | 120 MFC Past Players |
| 121 Peter Fielding | 122 Roger Fitzgerald | 123 Barry Fitzpatrick |
| 124 Max Flinker | 125 Ross Foster | 126 Marcus Freeman |
| 127 Paul Galwey | 128 Boris Gelberg | 129 Fiona Geminder |
| 130 Raphael Geminder | 131 Ralph Glezer | 132 Leon Goldberg |
| 133 Phil Goodman | 134 Michael Goss | 135 Peter Gyopar |
| 136 Pam Haddrell | 137 Jim Harris | 138 Karen Hayes |
| 139 Greg Healy | 140 Barry Helfenbaum | 141 Richard Henderson |
| 142 Mary-Anne Holland | 143 Allan Holmes | 144 Paul Hopgood |
| 145 Jack Hoppe | 146 Russel Howcroft | 147 Kenneth Hyden |
| 148 Zig Inge | 149 Anthony Ingerson | 150 Paul Ivany |
| 151 T.H. Jacket & K.A. Hyden | 152 Karin Jalland | 153 Mark Jalland |
| 154 Robert Jamieson | 155 Craig Joel | 156 Ian Johnson (dec.) |
| 157 Trevor Johnson OAM | 158 Noel C Jones | 159 Torsten Kasper |
| 160 Scott Keck | 161 Anthony Keelan | 162 John Kidman |
| 163 Nancy Kimpton | 164 Philip & Oscar King | 165 Mike Kostos |
| 166 Nick Kostos | 167 Dr. Tony Kostos | 168 Stephen Laussen |
| 169 Douglas Lee | 170 Neil Lockwood (dec) | 171 Chris Lovell |
| 172 Harold Lubansky | 173 Royan Euan Luff | 174 Rick Jamieson |
| 175 John Mahoney | 176 Peter Matthey | 177 W.C. McBride |
| 178 David McCloskey | 179 Greg McCormack | 180 Lelde McCoy |
| 181 Peter McGrath | 182 Duncan McIntyre | 183 Clare McLardy |
| 184 Ross Milne-Pott | 185 Ross Mitchell | 186 Levi & Lisa Mochkin |
| 187 Carmel Morfuni | 188 Sid & William Myer | 189 Colin Neave AM |
| 190 Ross Paterson | 191 Elaine Paul (dec.) | 192 Brian Perkins |
| 193 Graham Peters | 194 Rob Pitt | 195 Andrew Ramsay |
| 196 Ian Ramsay | 197 Michael Ramsay | 198 David Rennick |
| 199 Peter Righetti | 200 Dr. Henry Ivor Ritterman (dec) | 202 B&C Roda, D. Di Pietro, F. Preotia |
| 201 Simon Roach | 203 Alan Rose | 204 Bob Sadlon |
| 205 Ronald Serry | 206 Andrew Shelton | 207 David Slobom |
| 208 Steven Smith | 209 Michael Smith | 210 Kate Spargo |
| 211 Jim Stynes (dec) | 212 Ricci Swart | 213 Craig Thompson |
| 214 Tracy Vogel | 215 Gary Watson | 216 Phil Weinman |
| 217 Greg & Mavis Wells | 218 David Williams | 219 Brian Wilson |
| 220 Ted Yencken | 221 Joe Ricciardo | 222 Helen Otto |
| 223 John Atkinson | 224 Lawrie De La Rue | 225 Carolann De La Rue |
| 226 Alec Leopold | 227 William Crothers Sr | 228 Mandy Yencken |
| 229 Andrew Chirnside | 230 John Thomson | 231 Wayne Stringer |
| 232 Jeremy Brown-Greaves | 233 Fred Fuster | 234 Lawrence Young (dec) |
| 235 Graeme Hayes | 236 Gregory Tilley | 237 John Cronin |
| 238 Timothy Holland | 239 Cameron Schwab | 240 Noel "Kelly" O'Donnell |
| 241 Eric Firth | 242 Andrew Crace | 243 Tim Hunt |
| 244 Darcy Thompson | 245 Graeme Neville | 246 Richard Starkins |
| 247 Stan Klain | 248 Rod & Sally Trevena | 249 Stuart Davies |
| 250 Joanne Auffray | 251 Paul Young | 252 Peter Rahilly |
| 253 Hugh Ellis | 254 Bob Pacunskis | 255 Bobby Pacunskis |
| 256 Leigh Pacunskis | 257 Jim Kelleway | 258 Michael Gallenti |
| 259 Gordon Rose | 260 Jim Power | 261 Bill Harries |
| 262 Sam Buono | 263 Shaun McVicar | 264 Kate Howcroft |
| 265 Clifford & Julie Lever | 266 Neil Smith | 267 Dr. Nicholas Freezer |
| 268 Theo & Lisa Schreurs | 269 Fred Haig | 270 Brian Stynes |
| 271 Damien & Geraldine Davis | 272 Steve Johnson | 273 Philip Cramer |
| 274 Andrew Cramer | 275 Edward Cramer | 276 Robert & Teiki Bristow |
| 277 David Frieze | 278 Corne Olivier | 279 Anthea Crawford |
| 280 William & Suzi Lyall | 281 Vanessa Mason | 282 Benjamin Mason |
| 283 Annabel Mason | 284 Ron Klein | 285 Ross Stillwell |
| 286 Chris Brown | 287 John Turnbull | 288 Chris McPherson (dec.) |
| 289 James McPherson | 290 Paul Cowan | 291 David Cooper |
| 292 Western Demons | 293 Anthony Hancy | 294 Barry Markoff |
| 295 Jon Irvine | 296 Warren Da Costa | 297 Ian & Fran McDougall |
| 298 Darren Spence | 299 John Henderson | 300 James & Daniel Mahoney |
| 301 Bruce Young | 302 Phil Gregory | 303 Robert McInnes |
| 304 Julie O'Halloran | 305 Roger, Anne & Lauren McKinnon | 306 Lindsay Murray |
| 307 Andrew Lezala | 308 Kip, Laura & Renee Homewood | 309 Anthony Lewis |
| 310 Lisa Thurin | 311 Lauren Thurin | 312 Michael Thurin |
| 313 Andrew Thurin | 314 Matthew Fitzgerald | 315 Andrew Leoncelli |
| 316 Peter Atkinson | 317 Paul Freeman | 318 Jennifer Freeman |
| 319 Ben George | 320 Matthew Hilditch | 321 Katherine Lewis |
| 322 Peter McArthur | 323 Peter McCoy | 324 John Robinson |
| 325 Sam Stynes | 326 Gil Van Der Venne | 327 William Rennick |
| 328 Charlotte Rennick | 329 Dean Bailey (dec) | 330 Neil McMullin |
| 331 Penny McMullin | 332 Alan Soward | 333 George James |
| 334 Joseph Zanca | 335 Ewan Letts | 336 Anthony Starkins |
| 337 Richard Seddon | 338 Geoff Edwards | 339 Gabriel Szondy |
| 340 Lawrence O'Shea | 341 David Nicolson | 342 Judith Nicolson |
| 343 Ian Edney | 344 Graeme Jack | 345 Kenneth Park |
| 346 Charles Sitch | 347 Michael Coglin | 348 Geoff Slade |
| 349 Chris Sleigh | 350 Greg Haustorfer | 351 Peter Dohrmann |
| 352 Richard Stawell | 353 Demonology | 354 David Jones AO OB |
| 355 Anna McGrath | 356 Harry Cheung | 357 Belinda Gallenti |
| 358 Tom Smiley | 359 Stephen Doig | 360 Michael Muir |
| 361 Penny Mackieson | 362 Matthew Bond | 363 Ronald Baker |
| 364 Rodney & Janice Brown | 365 Adam McConnell | 366 Michael Tratt |
| 367 Andrew Murray | 368 Des De Krester | 369 Craigh Hutchinson |
| 370 Russell & Sue Warmington | 371 Bernie & Lorraine Holtschke | 372 Mike McShane |
| 373 Helen Ingram | 374 Ian Keelan (dec) | 375 Andrew Sutcliffe |
| 376 Ruth Speirs | 377 Ian Routley | 378 Robert Mathieson |
| 379 Daryl LaBrooy | 380 Gerard & Clare Clancy | 381 Robert Collie |
| 382 Edward Cohen | 383 Ian Jackson | 384 Peter Maynard |
| 385 Bruce Cumming | 386 James Marks | 387 Daniel Moon |
| 388 Andrew Pandeli | 389 Barrie (dec) & Joan Ravell | 390 Mae Connelly |
| 391 Ballarat Demons | 392 Teresa Hassett | 393 Anthony O'Connell |
| 394 Graeme Robinson | 395 | 396 Jon Moodie |
| 397 Michelle Gill | 398 Valerie Peters | 399 Joanne Sleigh |
| 400 James Roland | 401 Genevieve Schaefer | 402 Enid Mahoney |
| 403 Alice Hill | 404 Geoff & Vicki Robertson | 405 Ian McPherson |
| 406 David Sims | 407 George Fishlock | 408 Graham Etherington |
| 409 Joe Di Conza | 410 Stuart Bartley | 411 Steven Stevens |
| 412 Ian McKenzie | 413 Glen Bartlett | 414 Andrew Spargo |
| 415 Timothy Spargo | 416 Anne Shellard | 417 Garry Wilson |
| 418 Ian Chambers | 419 Robert Faulkner | 420 Todd Viney |
| 421 Jacques Nasser | 422 Simon Joscelyne | 423 Nicholas Fay |
| 424 Nick McLardy | 425 Tim McLardy | 426 Sarah McLardy |
| 427 Bruce Thompson | 428 Alex Southey | 429 Dale De Krester |
| 430 Joanne Muir | 431 Luke Healy | 432 Ian Maguire |
| 433 Ross Palmer | 434 Anthony McDonald | 435 Louise Christie |
| 436 Matthew Sleigh | 437 Ben Sleigh | 438 George Kelleway |
| 439 Greg O'Shea | 440 Yvonne Johnson | 441 Chris Holland |
| 442 Necole Gawne | 443 Anthony Micallef | 444 Lesley Freeman |
| 445 Michael Robinson | 446 Christopher Gill | 447 Sebastian Leopold |
| 448 Andrew Ramsden (dec) | 449 Peter McKenna | 450 Geoff Chapman |
| 451 Peter Hawkins | 452 David Finn | 453 Jessica McDonald |
| 454 Helen Rennick | 455 Ralph & Roberta Laurie | 456 Jimmie Martin |
| 457 Rob Thomas | 458 Leigh Arnold | 459 Nick McKenzie |
| 460 Peter Moverley | 461 Nicholas Carr | 462 Peter Connor |
| 463 Peter Lawrence | 464 Joan Ravell & Antony Broome | 465 Russell Robertson |
| 466 Marilyn Mackley | 467 Stephanie Bartley | 468 Anton Gaudry |
| 469 Saichon Bartley | 470 Gabriella Bartley | 471 Isobel Kelleway |
| 472 Joan Ravell | 473 Graham Kendall | 474 Jack Spargo |
| 475 Julien O’Brien | 476 David Roberts | 477 Graham Hoult |
| 478 Craig Sainsbury | 479 Tom Rhind | 480 Matthew Kajewski |
| 481 John Pascoe | 482 Ken Murray | 483 Max Walker (dec.) |
| 484 Pat Di Conza | 485 Michael Di Conza | 486 Anthony Di Conza |
| 487 David Lee | 488 Andrew Williams | 489 Paul Chapman |
| 490 Phil Lewis | 491 Gavin Davis | 492 Michael Givoni |
| 493 Peter Sanglietti | 494 Pettman Family | 495 Ronnie Ptasznik |
| 496 John Corcoran | 497 Dugald McWilliams | 498 Peter Ashton |
| 499 Andrew Dixon | 500 Alan Jager | 501 Blair Fry |
| 502 Liz Birnie | 503 Ian McCubbing | 504 Michael Gill |
| 505 John Ahern | 506 Paul Roos | 507 Annie Dunbar-Smith |
| 508 Lizzie Lawrence | 509 William Lawrence | 510 Helen Lawrence |
| 511 Kate & Nildo Martello | 512 Peter Jackson | 513 Jill Spargo |
| 514 Marilyn O'Brien | 515 James Simpson | 516 Ian Wingate |
| 517 Rayna Brown | 518 Graeme Pettman | 519 Jill & Peter (dec) Stowey |
| 520 Tom Spargo | 521 David Yates | 522 Kelly Massey |
| 523 Harrison Massey | 524 Samantha Page | 525 Jane Martino |
| 526 David Robb | 527 David Hassett | 528 Andrew Pettman |
| 529 Mohan Jesudason | 530 Declan Holland | 531 David Jackson |
| 532 Gabby Montagnese | 533 Graeme Stillwell | 534 Stephen Massey |
| 535 Steve Morris | 536 Narelle O'Shea | 537 Euan Pizzey |
| 538 Theo Scheurs | 539 Simon Kearney | 540 Bob Morton |
| 541 Sally O'Shea | 542 Cleo Massey | 543 Chris Barlow |
| 544 Ren Barlow | 545 Travis Acfield | 546 Christopher Arnold |
| 547 Carl Perkins | 548 Jeremy Nichols | 549 William Crothers Jr |
| 550 Margot Massey | 551 Jack Hogan | 552 Conor Hogan |
| 553 Joseph Massey | 554 John Kokic | 555 Molly Massey |
| 556 Peter Crinis | 557 Linda Slobom | 558 Jack Slobom |
| 559 Harry Slobom | 560 Lucy Slobom | 561 Chloe Davies |
| 562 Betty Gale | 563 Penny Collins | 564 Steve Pronesti |
| 565 Sandra Burton | 566 John Massey | 557 Lorraine Elsass |
| 568 Jae Simms | 570 Lorenzo Di Conza | 571 Maurice Silman |
| 572 L Hollingworth | 573 Peter Letch | 575 Stuart Mackley |
| 576 Janine Mott | 577 Carolyn Hickey | 578 Paul Massey |
| 579 Will Hamer | 580 Geoff Cosgriff | 581 Joe Alban |
| 582 Lydia Rose Di Conza | 583 Joan Mathieson | 584 Georgia McLardy |
| 585 Mitchell Perkins | 586 Jo McCoy | 587 Luca Michael Di Conza |
| 588 Duane Findlay | 589 Sally Trevena | 590 Melinda Edney |
| 591 Jo Lawrence |
