LATE administrator and former Essendon forward Ron Evans has been elevated to legendary status in the club's Hall of Fame.
Evans, who died in 2007 aged 67 after battling cancer, was one of two legends elevated at the event on Monday night. Howard Okey, a best and fairest winner in 1929, was the other.
Evans played 64 games and kicked 210 goals for the Bombers in a career spanning six seasons from 1958-1962. He went on to be a sizable contributor off the field to the club and game, serving on the Bombers' committee from 1978 to 1987 before taking on the Essendon presidency from 1988-1992.
From 1993 he was on the AFL Commission, and led the commission as chairman from 1998 until his death.
In 2006, Evans received an Order of Australia for his contribution to Australian football as a player and administrator, for service to business and commerce and to the community through the support of a number of charities.
The Ron Evans Medal is awarded to the winner of the NAB AFL Rising Star. Evans' son, David, is the current Essendon chairman.
Okey, too, combined playing and administration duties at Essendon. The clever centreman played 109 games for the Bombers between 1928-1934, and went on to serve as an official and a state selector.
The Bombers also added five players to their Hall of Fame, with 1993 premiership teammates Paul Salmon and Joe Misiti among those honoured.
Brownlow medallist Graham Moss, dual premiership player Jack Jones, and Hugh Mitchell, a star of the 1962 and 1965 flags, were also inducted.
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