Number-one ticket holder

A number-one ticket holder is a person who holds membership ticket number 1 of a particular sporting club. Possession of the number one ticket is largely symbolic. The tradition of having a number one ticket holder is mainly observed in Australia. To increase the club's visibility and exposure, the ticket is sometimes presented to a famous person or former athlete.

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is the premier Australian rules football competition in Australia. Most clubs nominate a single number one ticket holder each year.^[1]

Number one ticket holders

Club	Ticket holder	Ref.
Adelaide Football Club	Guy Sebastian, Kate Ellis (AFLW), Greg Champion (Melbourne) Lleyton Hewitt (2002)	[2]
Brisbane Lions	Dan Anstey, Abby Coleman	[3]
Carlton Football Club	Dylan Alcott, Leisel Jones	[4]
Collingwood Football Club	None Paul Keating (1990, 1991), Eddie McGuire	[5]
Essendon Football Club	Kim Brennan Andrew Peacock (1985)	[6][7]
Fremantle Football Club	Kevin Parker	[8]
Geelong Football Club	Rebecca Maddern, Daryl Somers	[9]
Gold Coast Football Club	Bruce Coulson, Jill Mathieson	[10]
Greater Western Sydney Giants	Melissa Doyle	[11]
Hawthorn Football Club	Emma Race, John Kennedy Jr.	[12]
Melbourne Football Club	Robert Flower, John So, Rupert Murdoch, Kylie Minogue	[13]
North Melbourne Football Club	Ricky Ponting, John Farnham	[14]
Port Adelaide Football Club	David Koch, Stuart O'Grady, Teresa Palmer, Bob Quinn, Tony Santic	[15][16][17]
Richmond Football Club	Mick Molloy, Ashleigh Barty (AFLW) David Mandie (1998)	[18][19]
St Kilda Football Club	Eric Bana, Molly Meldrum	[20]
Sydney Swans	Rebecca Skilton Bob Hawke (1984)	[21][22]
West Coast Eagles	Sam Kerr	[23]
Western Bulldogs	Alan Johnstone (2014) Julia Gillard (2011)	[24][25]

National Rugby League

The National Rugby League is the premier rugby league competition in Australasia. Known dates are included in brackets.

Club	Ticket holder
Brisbane Broncos	Paul Tarlington (2014–24)[26][27][28][29] Andrew Fraser ("until he left politics" in 2012)[30] Kevin Rudd (2013–14)[31][32]
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Don Burke
Canberra Raiders	Mark Webber (2010)[33] Brad Haddin (2005, 2009)[34] Bob Hawke (1984, 1989)[35][36]
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Elle Macpherson (1994)[37] Cathy Freeman[38] Peter Costello[39] Scott Morrison (2016)[40]
Gold Coast Titans
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Gladys Berejiklian (2018)
Melbourne Storm	Ian "Molly" Meldrum[41][42] Julia Gillard[43][44] Josh Frydenberg (2019)[45]
Newcastle Knights
New Zealand Warriors	Peter "The Mad Butcher" Leitch[46]
North Queensland Cowboys
Parramatta Eels	Danny Green[47]
Penrith Panthers	Mark Geyer (2012-2016)[48][49]
South Sydney Rabbitohs	Russell Crowe Phil Jamieson Anthony Albanese[50]
St. George Illawarra Dragons	John Howard[51][52]
Sydney Roosters	Malcolm Turnbull[53]
Wests Tigers	Binet Homes[54] Lee Hagipantelis (2014–15)[55]

A-League

The A-League is a professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand.

Club	Ticket holder	Reference
Central Coast Mariners	Julie Goodwin (2016–)	[56]
Melbourne Heart FC	Jon Bon Jovi (2010; international)	[57]
Melbourne Victory FC	George Calombaris (2015)	[58]
Perth Glory FC	Lucy Sage (2011–2012) Dawn Fraser (2014–2015) Stephen Coniglio (2021–)	[59][60][61]

ANZ Championship

The ANZ Championship was the premier netball league in Australia and New Zealand that existed between 2008 and 2016.

Club	Ticket holder	Reference
Queensland Firebirds	Anna Bligh (2008)	[62]

National Basketball League

The National Basketball League (NBL) is the premier professional basketball league in Australia and New Zealand.

Club	Ticket holder	Reference
Sydney Kings	Dominic Perrottet (2021)	[63]

Suncorp Super Netball

Suncorp Super Netball is the premier professional netball league in Australia. The inaugural season commenced in February 2017.

Club	Ticket holder	Reference
Melbourne Vixens	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti and Jane McDonald (2020)	[64]
West Coast Fever	Nadia Mitsopoulos (2020)	[65]

See also

• Fan (person) § Sports

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