The APF SPAN Award was first presented at the 2002 APF Annual General Meeting in Adelaide.   Recipients since that time have been:

Mike Munzer (South Australia) - 2002
Tony Shields (Victoria) - 2002
John Batson (NSW) - 2003
Tony Dalton (Victoria) - 2003
Tony Steer (ACT) - 2003
Robert (Bob) Hill (South Australia) - 2004
Ken Simkus (New South Wales) - 2005
Werner Pohl (South Australia) - 2007

  The APF's newest SPAN recipient is Marinus (Mick) Meyles of Tasmania who was presented with the award at the 2008 APF Annual General Meeting in Hobart on 6 September.