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Farmer made legend, eight footy hall of fame inductees

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Erin Phillips and Daisy Pearce are the first AFLW players to join the Australian Football Hall Of Fame as SA great Ken Farmer was made a legend.

ERIN PHILLIPS.
ERIN PHILLIPS. Picture: Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images

THE 2025 LEGEND AND THE HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES 

LEGEND STATUS

Ken Farmer

Inducted 1998

224 games for North Adelaide 1929-41, 1417 goals

6.33 goal average per game

17 games for SA, 71 goals

'30, '31 Premierships

'36 club best and fairest

11-time SANFL leading goalkicker, 13-time North leading goalkicker

Captain '34-35, '37-38, '41

North Adelaide Team of the Century

North Adelaide Premiership coach 1949, 1952

INDUCTEES

* Peter Darley

206 games for South Adelaide 1962-74, 123 goals

13 games for SA

1964 premiership

Seven-time club best and fairest

'69 carnival All Australian

South Adelaide captain '67-69 and '71

* Luke Hodge

305 games for Hawthorn, 2002-17, 193 goals

41 games for Brisbane, 2018-19

Four games for Australia

Premierships - '08, '13, '14 , '15

Two-time club best and fairest

Three-time All Australian

'08, '14 Norm Smith Medal

Captain '11-16

* John Leedham

124 games for North Launceston, 1946-53

114 games for North Hobart, '54-59

13 games for Tasmania

'47 '53 (All Australian) '58 carnivals

Club premierships '46, '48-50 and '57

State premierships '46 '49 '50

Vice Captain, Tasmanian Team of the Century

* Garry Lyon

226 games for Melbourne 1986-99, 426 goals

Nine games for Victoria

Two-time club best and fairest

Five-time All Australian

Captain '91-97

* George Owens

195 games for East Perth, 1917-32.

17 games for WA

Seven-time premiership player

1925 Sandover Medal

135 games umpired, including five WAFL grand finals

* Daisy Pearce

55 games for Melbourne 2017-22, 25 goals

'22 premiership

Three-time club best and fairest

'17 (captain), '18, '22 All Australian

Melbourne captain 2017-18 and 2020-22

10 VFLW premierships at Darebin '06-17, seven as captain

* Erin Phillips

46 games for Adelaide 2017-22, 50 goals

20 games for Port Adelaide 2022-23, three goals

'17, '19, '22 premierships

Two-time 2019 AFLW best and fairest

Two-time grand final best afield

Two-time Adelaide best and fairest

Three-time All Australian

Captain Adelaide 2017-20

Captain Port Adelaide 2022-23

* Nick Riewoldt

336 games for St Kilda, 718 goals

Six-time club best and fairest

Five-time All Australian - captain '09, vice-captain '14

Captain '05, '07-16

2002 Rising Star

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