FORMER West Coast Eagles star Peter Matera has been appointed to the jury of the AFL Tribunal.

The dual premiership player and five-time All Australian, who begins his role at the commencement of the 2020 season, earned numerous accolades as a player and now becomes the first Aboriginal person to serve on the AFL Tribunal.

AFL football operations boss Steve Hocking says Matera will add great knowledge to the panel that holds such a significant responsibility in the game.

"I am extremely pleased that Peter has agreed to join the AFL Tribunal panel. A well-decorated player and successful business person, he brings a high level of experience to the game's governing body," Hocking said.

"This appointment is the result of a strategy to ensure we have more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in key decision-making roles across the AFL industry and has been led by Tanya Hosch, the AFL General Manager for Inclusion and Social Policy."

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Matera joins Wayne Henwood, Jason Johnson, Stephen Jurica, Richard Loveridge, Stewart Loewe, David Neitz, David Pittman, Paul Williams and Shane Wakelin as former players on the AFL Tribunal, with three of the group to decide a player's guilt or innocence at any Tribunal hearing.

The 50-year-old played 253 games for West Coast between 1990 – 2002, winning the Norm Smith Medal in the Eagles' 1992 flag triumph and a club best and fairest in 1997.

In 2015 Matera and his partner Suzy founded the Matera Foundation which creates pre-employment programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Western Australia.