Adelaide’s Tyson Edwards is among 10 new AFL Life Members.

He will inducted at the 2009 Annual General Meeting in March for their services to Australian Football, after having their award confirmed by the AFL Commission.

Of the new Life Members, seven qualified automatically during the 2008 AFL season by reaching 300 games of service - those being Adelaide's Tyson Edwards, North Melbourne's Brent Harvey, Sydney's Michael O'Loughlin, Richmond's Matthew Richardson, Melbourne's Adem Yze and senior field umpiring pair Shane McInerney and Stephen McBurney.

The Commission also recognised outstanding service to the game by three people and awarded Life Membership to AFL Legend of the Game Darrel Baldock, former AFL Commissioner Colin Carter and former Hawthorn President Ian Dicker.

St Kilda's Gary Colling has also been awarded the Jack Titus Service Award for Conspicuous Service to the game for more than 40 years as a player, coach and adminstrator.

AFL Chief Executive Officer Andrew Demetriou said the Commission was delighted to be recognising 11 outstanding contributors to the game.

"Life Membership of the sport you have served is the ultimate acknowledgement by everyone in the game of your efforts," Mr Demetriou said.

"Our new inductees are extremely deserving and have done so much in the game to make our sport as strong as it is.

"The AFL, on behalf of our Commission and our clubs, congratulates each of our new life members on their accomplishments and we look forward to formally acknowledging them at the AGM just before the launch of the 2009 Toyota AFL Premiership Season."

Edwards has played 289 AFL games, 30 pre-season games, one State-of-Origin match and two International Rules games.