The Fremantle Football Club have honoured two of their great servants with Life Membership, as Peter Mann and Gary Ingraham were inducted as Life Members at Tuesday’s Doig Medal Presentation Dinner at Crown Perth.

The pair joined Kara Antonio and Hayley Miller as Freo’s inductees, with the pair announced as Life Members earlier in the evening.

The Club now has 37 Life Members, with the group getting together to celebrate and welcome the four new inductees at their annual lunch on Monday.

Fremantle’s captain between 1997 and 1998, Mann won the Club’s inaugural goalkicking award as well as the Doig Medal in 1995.

Due to being 24 when Fremantle joined the competition – as well as injury playing a role in his retirement at 28 - Mann’s career at Fremantle was limited to 77 games.

Despite not reaching the 150 game threshold as a player, his services as a captain, the distinction of being our first Doig Medallist and his 10 years of service on the board make him a worthy Life Member inductee.

“It’s a huge honour for me to be bestowed Life Membership at Freo,” Mann said.

“Personally, it’s the greatest achievement for myself for the involvement that I’ve had with the Fremantle Football Club, which goes back to the summer of 1994.

I’m really proud to be acknowledged in this way and it’s something I’ll cherish for the rest of my life.

I’d like to acknowledge and thank my family, which includes my direct family of my wife and kids. They sacrifice a lot when you give up the time you give up to be involved in a football club and they’ve been wonderful supporters of mine.

“I’d also like to thank my extended family, which is the wonderful people at the Fremantle Football Club who I’ve grown very close to over the past couple of decades - I’ve had a significant amount of support from many people.”

Known as ‘Springer’ to those inside the four walls, Ingraham has dedicated the best part of the past two decades to helping our AFL and AFLW players operate at their peak through his famous boxing gym at Fremantle Oval, and his work at the Club.

Ingraham has ensured spirits stay high when working with those returning from injury, while giving them the players the ability to test themselves physically no matter their limitations.

Crucially, Ingraham took on the extra load in 2017 when Fremantle added an AFLW team, and he is embraced by the playing group in the same way he embraces them.

"It’s surreal to be honest with you, when I was told, it was a pretty special moment," Ingraham said.

"To be inducted with Hayley and Kara Antonio, they're great girls. Working with the men’s and women’s programs has been fantastic.

"Being at the Club for a long time you get to see a lot of firsts. Our first Derby win, milestones, first win at the MCG, all that stuff has been fantastic. We have one first to go and hopefully that’s not too far away.

"All of you out there, thank you so much, we’re trying our best and giving our utmost to the Club. We don’t quit, we don’t give up. Go Freo."