Leigh R. Whicker

PLAYING RECORD

• Played 43 games and 18 goals for Sturt 1963 – 1966 (Playing career cut short by injury)

SERVICE RECORD:

• Secretary / General manager of Sturt 1969 – 1971

SERVICE RECORD TO SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL

SANFL EMPLOYEMENT

• Catering Manager 1974 – 1981
• Functions Manager 1981 – 1982
• Stadium Manager 1983 – 1984
• SANFL General Manager 1984 – 2014
• SA Football Commission Executive Commissioner 1990 – 2014

COMMITTEES

• League Delegate 1968 – 1972
• Permit Committee 1968 – 1971
• Match Arrangement Committee 1968 – 1971
• Junior Committee 1970 – 1971
• Permit Tribunal Proxy 1972
• Committee for Promotion of Football 1972 – 1973
• Football Park Steering Committee 1972 – 1974
• National Competition Sub-Committee 1986 – 1989
• Executive & Finance Committee 1985 – 1990
• Ground Rationalisation Committee 1987 – 1990
• Player Retention Committee 1986 – 1994
• Match & Permit Committee 1991 – 1994
• Future Direction of Football in SA Committee 1993 – 1994
• 2nd AFL Licence Sub-Committee 1994
• Ex officio Board Member Adelaide Football Club 1991 – 1996
• Ex officio Board member Port Adelaide Football Club 1995 – 1996
• Member, Australian Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee 2003 – 2014
• Member, AFL National Risk Protection Committee 2003 – 2014
• Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority Executive Director & Company Secretary 2009 – 2014
• Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority Chief Executive Officer 2009 – 2012
• Adelaide Oval State Government Project Control Group Director 2010 – 2014
• Adelaide Oval Construction Committee 2012 – 2014

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Awarded SANFL Life Membership 1996
• Awarded AFL Life Membership 2004
• Member of Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Inducted into the Sturt Football Club Hall of Fame 2006 (as an Administrator)