Thursday, 1 August 2024

Rex Smith

Colin BROOKS (Bundoora – Minister for Development Victoria, Minister for Precincts, Minister for Creative Industries) (10:55): I rise to mourn the passing of Mr Rex Smith, who was a much-loved stalwart of the Greensborough Football Club. Rex’s connection to the club goes way back to the 1970s when he got involved with the club through the participation of his sons. In 1985 Rex became the inaugural president of the junior football club and would later be involved as the secretary of the senior club in the 1990s and 2000s. A particular point of shared pride came during his time as club secretary in 2006 when the senior football club won impressive division 2 premierships in all the A, B and C grades. His commitment and pride in the history and traditions of the Greensborough Football Club were legendary, and even in his later years he was known at the club as being the first car to arrive in the morning to watch the under-19s play. He was always committed to supporting younger players coming up through the club.

Local sports clubs like Greensborough Football Club thrive when they have members and volunteers as devoted to the operations of the club and the betterment of the community as Rex Smith was in his almost half-century involvement at Greensborough. He is remembered as a genuinely warm person by anyone who knew him at the club, and I extend on behalf of my local community the deepest condolences to the Smith family and to the Greensborough Football Club community. He certainly will be sorely missed. Rex certainly epitomised Greensborough’s motto ‘All My Life’.