The Australian Football League (AFL) last night announced that AFL Team of the Century member and nine-time Fitzroy Best and Fairest Winner Kevin Murray had been made a Legend of the Game. Murray, who played a club record 333 games for Fitzroy between 1955-74, was elevated to Legend Status at tonight’s Australian Football Hall of Fame dinner at the Palladium Room in Melbourne.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame tonight were Brian Dixon (pictured left - who has been a significant supporter of the development of Australian rules internationally), Stan Heal, Tony Shaw, Ross Smith and Gavin Wanganeen the controversial Wayne Carey whose personal life dramas were seen to have stalled his induction previously.

The Convicts are planning their first-ever Australian rules football tour to South America this October, with matches planned against the national teams of Chile, Argentina and Brazil.

A sports tour group offering amateur Australian footballers the chance to play overseas, the Convicts were formed back in 2003, and have conducted Australian rules football tours to Europe, South Africa and North America. The Convicts have also recently begun offering tours for cricket, rugby league, rugby union and soccer.

Junior footy clinics and sightseeing are also included on the itinerary.

For more information, visit theconvicts.com.

The Carlton Football Club, in conjunction with its sustainability partner Visy, will this week commit to a series of promotional activities in the lead up to one of the most significant dates on the global calendar – World Environment Day.

This year – June 5, 2010 – marks the 10th Anniversary of World Environment Day – a landmark event acknowledged in more than 100 nations, Australia included.