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Cliff Semmler AM
Inducted
2005
Era
1931 – 1960
ADMINISTRATION
Member of West Adelaide committee 1948 – 1963
President of West Adelaide 1955 – 1963 (record 9 years)
SANFL League delegate 1955 – 1963
Appointed one of the initial members of the newly constituted Management Committee of the SANFL 1967 – 1970
Vice Chairman of the SANFL Management Committee 1967 – 1970
Commissioner for Country and Junior Football SA 1964 – 1970
State selector for 8 years, 1956 – 1963 (Chairman for 5 years)
All Australian Selector ANFC 1966
S.A representative to the Australian National Football Council 1962 – 1970
S.A. representative on the Standing Committee of the ANFC 1971 – 1974
Chairman of the ANFC National Coaching Committee 1974
S.A. representative on the interstate tribunal for clearance and payment disputes 1974 – 1983
Treasurer of the Australian National Football Council 1964 – 1970
Served on the Victorian Football League’s Appeals Committee 1977 – 1981
From 1984 was ANFC’s Permit Commissioner for disputed interstate clearances and payments 1984 – 1987
PLAYING RECORD
114 games and 19 goals for West Adelaide 1946 – 1952
PREMIERSHIPS
Member of the 1947 premiership team for West Adelaide
ACHIEVEMENTS
Life Member of West Adelaide 1953
Life Member as an Official of West Adelaide 1963
Life Member of SANFL 1965
Life Member of the Australian National Football Council 1970
Member of the Order of Australia 1991
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