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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox infobox-table vcard" style="line-height: 1.2em; width: 25em;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-above fn">Ross Oakley</th></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#003399; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5em">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Full name</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> Ross Graham Oakley</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1942-09-30</span>) </span>30 September 1942<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 82)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Original team(s)</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Wesley_College_(Victoria)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wesley College (Victoria)">Wesley College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Height</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Weight</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> 81 kg (179 lb)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#003399; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5em">Playing career<sup>1</sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Club</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Games (Goals)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1962–1966</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> 62 (38)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="color:#555; font-size:90%"><sup>1</sup> Playing statistics correct to the end of 1966.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="text-align: right"> Sources: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/R/Ross_Oakley.html">AFL Tables</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://australianfootball.com/players/player/Ross+Oakley/9434">AustralianFootball.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ross Graham Oakley</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_the_Order_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Medal of the Order of Australia">OAM</a></span></span> (born 30 September 1942) is an Australian businessman and former <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules footballer</a> with <a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a> in the <a href="/wiki/VFL/AFL" class="mw-redirect" title="VFL/AFL">Victorian Football League</a> (VFL). He is CEO of the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Victorian Rugby Union">Victorian Rugby Union</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was appointed CEO of the new the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Rebels" title="Melbourne Rebels">Melbourne Rebels</a> rugby union franchise in September 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-New_Management_Structure_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Management_Structure-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rebels-land-former-afl-boss_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rebels-land-former-afl-boss-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-oakley-appointed-ceo-of-melbourne-rebels_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oakley-appointed-ceo-of-melbourne-rebels-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ABC_rugby_union_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC_rugby_union-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ross_Oakley&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oakley attended <a href="/wiki/Wesley_College,_Melbourne" title="Wesley College, Melbourne">Wesley College, Melbourne</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and began his senior VFL footballing career with the <a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda Football Club</a> in 1962. He went on to score 38 goals in 62 games.<sup id="cite_ref-afl-profile-ross-oakley_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afl-profile-ross-oakley-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His career was marred by unfortunate knee injuries; the first came in 1965 in St Kilda's semi-final victory, which meant Oakley missed the <a href="/wiki/AFL_Grand_Final" title="AFL Grand Final">Grand Final</a>. He suffered <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9j%C3%A0_vu" title="Déjà vu">déjà vu</a> in 1966, missing not only the Grand Final, but St Kilda's first VFL premiership.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following a further injury before the start of the 1967 season, Oakley retired at the age of 24. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Executive_career">Executive career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ross_Oakley&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Executive career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oakley was appointed Chairman and CEO of the then troubled <a href="/wiki/VFL/AFL" class="mw-redirect" title="VFL/AFL">Victorian Football League</a> in 1986, taking over the role from <a href="/wiki/Jack_Hamilton_(footballer,_born_1928)" title="Jack Hamilton (footballer, born 1928)">Jack Hamilton</a>, remaining as Chairman until the role was separated in 1993, and remaining as CEO until the end of the 1996 season.<sup id="cite_ref-afl-profile-ross-oakley_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afl-profile-ross-oakley-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He oversaw the transformation of the VFL into the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League" title="Australian Football League">Australian Football League</a>, and under Oakley's guidance, five new clubs from outside Victoria: <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Bears" title="Brisbane Bears">Brisbane</a> and the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Eagles" title="West Coast Eagles">West Coast Eagles</a> (1986), <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Adelaide Football Club">Adelaide</a> (1990), <a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Football_Club" title="Fremantle Football Club">Fremantle</a> (1994), and <a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide</a> (1996) all joined the more professional, national competition.<sup id="cite_ref-afl-hall-of-fame-age_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afl-hall-of-fame-age-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1993, he oversaw the transfer of administrative control of the league from the clubs (via the AFL Board of Directors) to the <a href="/wiki/AFL_Commission" title="AFL Commission">AFL Commission</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the formal transfer of control of the code from the <a href="/wiki/Australian_National_Football_Council" title="Australian National Football Council">ANFC</a> to the AFL Commission. </p><p>During his time with the VFL/AFL, he was deeply involved in <a href="/wiki/Merger" class="mw-redirect" title="Merger">mergers</a>; his administration believed that eleven Victorian clubs, many of which were in a poor financial state, was unsustainable in a national competition. Victorian clubs were offered incentive packages of up to $6 million to merge during his tenure, but the only merger completed during his tenure was between <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Bears" title="Brisbane Bears">Brisbane Bears</a>, with proposed mergers between <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Bulldogs" title="Fitzroy Bulldogs">Fitzroy and Footscray in 1989</a> and <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Hawks" title="Melbourne Hawks">Melbourne and Hawthorn in 1996</a> coming very close to fruition. </p><p>However, these merger attempts caused great off-field discord among clubs and fans, and the strategy was abandoned after Oakley was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Jackson_(footballer)" title="Wayne Jackson (footballer)">Wayne Jackson</a> as CEO at the end of 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, Oakley was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Australian Football Hall of Fame">Australian Football Hall of Fame</a> as an administrator.<sup id="cite_ref-New_Management_Structure_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Management_Structure-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-afl-hall-of-fame-heraldsun_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afl-hall-of-fame-heraldsun-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-afl-hall-of-fame-age_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afl-hall-of-fame-age-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His previous career included management of insurance companies (e.g. <a href="/wiki/AAMI" title="AAMI">AAMI</a>), and he was chief executive of <a href="/wiki/Royal_Insurance" title="Royal Insurance">Royal Insurance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-New_Management_Structure_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Management_Structure-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oakley's appointment as <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Rebels" title="Melbourne Rebels">Melbourne Rebels</a>' CEO was announced 9 September 2010, when the Rebels also said the franchise was to join forces with the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Victorian Rugby Union">Victorian Rugby Union</a> to build rugby union in Victoria, at both professional and amateur levels.<sup id="cite_ref-New_Management_Structure_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Management_Structure-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rebels-land-former-afl-boss_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rebels-land-former-afl-boss-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oakley became CEO to fill the gap left by the resignation of Rebels' founding CEO Brian Waldron who resigned in early 2010 in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Storm_salary_cap_scandal#Salary_cap_breach" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Storm salary cap scandal">Melbourne Storm salary cap</a> scandal.<sup id="cite_ref-oakley-appointed-ceo-of-melbourne-rebels_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oakley-appointed-ceo-of-melbourne-rebels-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oakley holds a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">Master of Business Administration</a> (MBA) from the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Business_School" title="Melbourne Business School">Melbourne Business School</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He is a former Adjunct Professor at <a href="/wiki/Deakin_University" title="Deakin University">Deakin University</a>'s Faculty Business and Law,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he also lectured.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Board_positions">Board positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ross_Oakley&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Board positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ross Oakley is a former Chairman of Royal Australian Holdings Ltd, Royal Life Insurance Australia Ltd, and the State Training Board of Victoria. He is listed as Chairman of the Get Going Sport Foundation, and he has served as director on the boards of AAMI Ltd and Tisdall Wines.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1997 and 2001 Oakley was a director of <a href="/wiki/Harris_Scarfe" title="Harris Scarfe">Harris Scarfe</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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