The Club offer their condolences to the Basheer family on the passing of Sturt Football Club life member Max Basheer AM today. Max was a giant in SA Football administration and his long tenure includes:
- Awarded SANFL League Life membership, 1972
- Inducted into South Australian Football Hall of Fame, 2003
- Inducted into Australian Football Hall of Fame, 2005
- South Australian Amateur Football League commissioner, 1954-1960
- SANFL commissioner, 1962-1966
- SANFL senior vice-president, 1967-1978
- SANFL management committee, 1969-1979; chairman, 1978-1979
- SANFL commissioner for country and junior football, 1971-1978; chairman, 1978
- Football Park finance and development committee, 1975-1989; chairman, 1978
- SANFL president, 1978-2003
- SA Football Commission chairman, 1990-2003
- Australian Football Hall of Fame committee, 1996-2002
- SA Football Hall of Fame committee, 2001-2016
- Member of the Order of Australia for services to the game of Australian football, 1988
- Awarded AFL life membership, 1996
- Adelaide Football Club Life Membership, 2003
- Sturt Football Club Life Membership, 2003
Rest in Peace Max Basheer AM (9 May 1927 – 15 September 2025) aged 98 years. Photo courtesy SANFL.
