Forward Drew Petrie and Director of Football Geoff Walsh will be among 16 people made AFL life members at the AFL's Annual General Meeting in March.

Petrie has been recognised after surpassing 300 premiership and pre-season games, while Walsh has worked at four AFL clubs over 31 years in the industry.

Among the other new inductees for life membership are Chris Judd, Shaun Burgoyne, Paul Chapman, Sam Mitchell and James Kelly.

Drew Petrie
293 premiership games for North Melbourne
31 pre-season games for North Melbourne
Two International Rules matches
Club leading goalkicker 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015

Geoff Walsh
Walsh has had 31 years continuous AFL Club employment at four clubs. In that time, the clubs he has been involved with have won four premierships, competed in nine Grand Finals and been involved in 22 Finals Series.

1985 Fitzroy Football Club, Metro Development Manager
1986 Carlton Football Club, Metro Development Manager
1987- 93 Carlton, Recruiting Manager
1994 Carlton, Football Manager
1994 – 2002 North Melbourne Football Club, Football Manager
2002 – 2006 North Melbourne, Chief Executive Officer
2006 – 2013 Collingwood Football Club, Director of Football
2013 – current North Melbourne, Director of Football

Shaun Burgoyne
295 premiership games for Port Adelaide and Hawthorn.
20 pre-season games for Port Adelaide and Hawthorn.
One State of Origin Match.
Two International Rules Matches
Premierships 2004, 2013, 2014, 2015
All Australian 2006

Paul Chapman
280 premiership games for the Geelong Cats and Essendon.
23 pre-season games for the Geelong Cats and Essendon.
One State of Origin Match.
Premierships 2007, 2009, 2011.
Nom Smith Medallist 2009.
Best and Fairest 2006.
All Australian 2009, 2010.

Brendon Goddard
269 premiership games for St Kilda and Essendon.
27 pre-season games for St Kilda and Essendon.
Four International Rules Matches.
Best and Fairest 2013.
All Australian 2009, 2010.

Scott Jeffery
284 premiership games umpired since 2001.
39 pre-season games umpired since 2001.

Chris Judd
279 premiershp games for West Coast and Carlton.
19 pre-season games for West Coast and Carlton.
One State of Origin Match.
Two International Rules Matches.
Premiership 2006.
Brownlow Medal 2004, 2010.
Norm Smith Medal 2005.
Best and Fairest 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010.
All Australian 2004, 2006, 2008 (Captain), 2009 (Vice-Captain), 2010, 2011 (Vice-Captain).
Captain 2006-12.

Justin Leppitsch
227 premiership games for the Brisbane Bears / Brisbane Lions.
20 pre-season games for the Brisbane Bears / Brisbane Lions.
One State of Origin Match.
Four International Rules Matches.
44 premiership games as a coach for the Brisbane Lions.
5 pre-season games as a coach for the Brisbane Lions.
Premierships 2001, 2002, 2003.
Best and Fairest 1999.
All Australian 1999, 2002, 2003.

James Kelly
273 premiership games for the Geelong Cats (now with Essendon).
33 pre-season games for the Geelong Cats.
One State of Origin Match.
Two International Rules Matches.
Premierships 2007, 2009, 2011.
All Australian 2011.
Jim Stynes Medallist 2011.

Stephen Milne
275 premiership games for St Kilda.
33 pre-season games for St Kilda.
Four International Rules Matches.
Club Leading Goalkicker 2002, 2010, 2011, 2012.
All Australian 2011, 2012.

Sam Mitchell
285 premiership games for Hawthorn.
27 pre-season games for Hawthorn.
One State of Origin Match.
Two International Rules Matches.
Premierships 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015.
Best and Fairest 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012.
All Australian 2011, 2013, 2015.
Captain 2008-10.

Robert Murphy
292 premiership games for the Western Bulldogs.
25 pre-season games for the Western Bulldogs.
One State of Origin Match.
Four International Rules Matches.
All Australian 2011, 2015.
Captain 2015.

Matt Stevic
279 premiership games umpired since 2004.
25 premiership games umpired since 2004.
Two International Rules Matches umpired.
Grand Finals 2012, 2014, 2015.

Scott Thompson
285 premiership games for Melbourne and the Adelaide Crows.
25 pre-season games for Melbourne and the Adelaide Crows.
One International Rules Match.
Best and Fairest 2011, 2012.
All Australian 2012.

Dr Hugh Seward
Dr Hugh Seward has had a continuous involvement in Australian Football since 1982 - a 34-year period of committed service. In the early 1980s, Dr Seward was one of Victoria’s first formally trained general practitioners in the emerging speciality of Sports Medicine. Almost immediately he became involved in the then-VFL competition with Geelong FC as a team doctor.

Dr Seward’s primary healthcare contribution has been at the Geelong Football Club where he was AFL club doctor and is a current board member.

Alongside this, a further significant contribution has been his leadership of the AFL Doctors Association, formerly the AFL Medical Officers Association. He has led this organisation for over 25 years and in the process established a collegiate medical approach to health care in all AFL clubs.

Bill Kelty
Bill Kelty gave 17 years service to the AFL Commission after being appointed in 1998 until his retirement in March, 2015. His overall service as a Commissioner  is second only to Graeme Samuel who served for 18 years.

His contribution to the game has been immense with a strong commitment to community football, the role of women in the game and the contribution of Indigenous players to the game.

With former GWS Giants and Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy, former AFL Commission Chairman the late Ron Evans and former Federal Government Minister Simon Crean, Bill also played a leading role in the establishment of AFL Sportsready which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2015 and has provided education and job training opportunities for some 12,000 people since 1994.

He has continued his involvement in football since his retirement from the AFL Commission by overseeing a national review into the development of the game at all levels outside the AFL competition.