Kelli Moylan, Brad Thompson, Paul Nugent, Ken Goyne and Jeff Gieschen were inducted into the Hall of Fame while Brian Gilcrist was elevated to Legend status.

Hall of Fame committee member Lloyd Deane said 250 people attended the function at The Clubhouse, buoyed by a successful day at the football.

“Good win, firsts and seconds, so everyone was in a very happy mood,” Deane said.

Dual premiership player Gilcrist, an inaugural inductee in 2013, joins John Flower as Wodonga’s only Legends. 

Gilcrist notched up 231 games for the Bulldogs between 1956 and 1973, winning five best and fairest awards and playing five grand finals in total.

Moylan, a longtime A grade player and coach, created history as the first netballer to join Wodonga’s Hall of Fame. She won the best and fairest five times, contributed to three premierships and continues to coach the club’s top team as well as the interleague squad.

Thompson played the first of 191 games as a 16-year-old in 1993 and went on to be premiership captain in 2004, the winner of four best and fairests and named in the Wodonga team of the century.

His premiership teammate Nugent combined his life as a dairy farmer from Corryong with 206 games, five grand finals and selection in the team of the century.

“He worked out it’s 8000 kilometres travelled a year for 13 years,” Deane said.

Goyne, who died late last year, played with Gilcrist in the 1967 and 1969 premierships and wore number 40. Known as an uncompromising, strong and bustling backman, Goyne made his senior debut in 1960 and accumulated 175 games. 

Gieschen, the only Wodonga coach to go on to AFL level, joined the Bulldogs in 1986, winning the best and fairest award as playing coach. After injury ended his playing career he continued as coach, recording two premierships from three grand finals.