No. 94 Bill Magin
Originally from Seaford in Victoria, he is a 650-game icon of Sunshine Coast football with 26 years as a player/coach/administrator of the Pomona club. His Pomona commitment was interrupted by stints at Centrals Aloomba in Cairns and time in Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. Boasts an extraordinary list of highlights that include 12 club B&F’s, three League B&F’s - two on the Sunshine Coast and one in Cairns - and 10 League leading goal-kicker awards, plus four 100-goal seasons.
Representing South Queensland, North Queensland and the Sunshine Coast, he won an incredible nine country carnival B&F’s. He had the privilege of playing in every country centre in Queensland that plays the Australian game and toured New Guinea with the Cairns League in 1981. His slight and wiry frame belied his undeniable talent. He had a prodigious leap and uncanny goal sense. Has continued to play in Masters competitions where the awards, accolades, goals and good times have continued.
Still contributes through countless hours of junior coaching and was extremely proud when son Rhys was elevated off his beloved Essendon Bombers Rookie list to debut in the AFL competition in 2008.
No. 146 Dean Warren
An outstanding Queensland servant of Australian football on and off the field, he enjoys the rare distinction of climbing to the top of the tree as a local player before become a senior member of the AFL management team. Born in Melbourne but raised in Gympie, he joined Wilston-Grange Football Club in 1986, was a member of the inaugural Brisbane Bears training squad and was on the Bears Supplementary List in ’89.
Won the 1987 QAFL Colt of the Year award and in the same year was equal runner-up with the great Gary Dempsey to Grogan Medalist Terry Simmonds. Went one better in ’93 when he shared the Grogan Medal with Daryl Bourke and Jason Cotter. Played 170 senior games with Wilston-Grange and Kedron-Grange in a career highlighted by Kedron-Grange B&F wins in 1992-93 and the club captaincy from 1992-95. He represented Queensland six times, including the Bi-Centennial Carnival in Adelaide in 1988, and was deputy vice-captain of the Maroons in 1994 before retiring in ’96.
Has also worked in football for 21 years – 14 in various game development roles in Queensland before moving to AFL headquarters in Melbourne in 2002 as National Youth Co-Ordinator. Was promoted in ’04 to the role of National Participation Manager, responsible for the strategic growth and development of the game at all levels below the AFL competition.
No. 107 Don Smith
Champion Sandgate centre half back and captain from the Sunshine Coast who played 300 games from 1970-84 and was selected in the Queensland Team of the Century in 2003. A 1968 All-Australian U15 Schoolboys selection, he won the Grogan Medal as a 20-year-old in 1973 and again in '79. Enjoyed premiership triumphs in 1970-71-74-79, and played in losing grand final sides in 1972-73-76.
A seven-time club B&F winner in a very handy team, he played 21 State games despite some early indifference to representative football. Pursued by several AFL clubs, he once trialed with Collingwood before rejecting Melbourne's inclement weather. Was senior captain-coach of Nambour from 1985-88 where he played 70 games. In 1992 his thirst for football was not sated and he gained All-Australian selection in the over 35’s Super Rules.
A junior coach with the new Coolum Beach Football Club in 2007-08, he is honoured each year by the Brisbane Lions when the club presents the Don Smith Most Professional Player Award, named in his honour.