Port Adelaide Hall of Fame: Robbie Gray, Alfie Trebilcock, 1977 premiership heroes inducted

He just about it achieved it all for Port Adelaide — now Robbie Gray’s name has been enshrined in the club’s history as one of the latest Hall of Fame inductees. See the full list here.

Robbie Gray retired at the end of 2022 as a Port Adelaide great.

One of Port Adelaide’s greatest players, an off-field star and a drought-breaking premiership team are the latest inductees into the club’s hall of fame.

Brilliant small forward/midfielder Robbie Gray, boot studder of 58 years Alfie Trebilcock and the 1977 flag-winning side were recognised at a gala event at Adelaide Oval on Friday night.

Gray retired at the end of 2022 after 271 games across one of the most decorated careers of any Power player.

He claimed three John Cahill Medals as best-and-fairest (2014-16), a record five Showdown medals, one AFL Coaches Association’s Champion Player of the Year award (2014) and two club leading goalkicker gongs (2011, 2018), as well as four All-Australian blazers (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018).

A steal at pick 55 in the 2006 national draft, Gray overcame significant setbacks, including a knee reconstruction in 2012 and cancer diagnosis in 2017, to become a one of the best big-moment players of his generation.

Robbie Gray has been inducted into Port Adelaide’s Hall of Fame.

He etched his name into Port Adelaide folklore by kicking the winning goal after the siren against Carlton at the Gabba in 2020.

Three years earlier, he booted the go-ahead major that helped the Power beat St Kilda in the dying seconds of a home game.

In 2014, his four second-term goals were instrumental to Port Adelaide edging Fremantle in a semi-final in Perth.

Gray worked at a meat-packing company the year the Power drafted him, whereas Trebilcock ran his own butcher’s store when he fell into doing the boot studding at Alberton in 1968.

Six decades later, Trebilcock, now 82, remains in the same volunteer role with the Power.

He was involved in 11 SANFL premiership teams before moving to the club’s AFL program in 1997 and playing his part in its 2004 flag triumph.

Alfie Trebilcock has been Port Adekaide’s boot studder for almost six decades.

Port Adelaide gave him life membership in 1979.

The AFL recognised Trebilcock’s long service to the game in 2013 when he received the prestigious Jack Titus Award.

Trebilcock joined Port Adelaide in the same year as club legend the late Russell Ebert, becoming close friends.

hris Hercock, Tim Evans, Fred Phillis and Trevor Sarnell during the 1977 SANFL decider.

Ebert captained the 1977 premiership side, which ended the Magpies’ 12-year flag drought.

That squad beat Glenelg by eight points in the grand final at Football Park to end the SANFL’s centenary season.

Brian Cunningham and Ebert were named as best players, Tim Evans booted seven goals and it was the first of a joint league record 10 flags for John Cahill as coach.

The triumph set Port on the path to win 11 premierships over the next 20 seasons.

Cahill, Cunningham and two of the team’s other stars, Ivan Eckermann and Peter Woite, accepted the honour on behalf of the side on Friday night.

Port Adelaide now has 50 individuals and five teams or groups in its hall of fame.

Originally published as Port Adelaide Hall of Fame: Robbie Gray, Alfie Trebilcock, 1977 premiership heroes inducted