12 years as a successful amateur player, he was elected a Commissioner of the West Australian Football Commission from 1999 until 2010, and chairman from 2002 until 2010. He has been described as "one of the most important figures in Western Australian football history.". He served as chaplain of the West Coast Eagles Football Club from 1993 to 2014. He is the President of WAFL club West Perth and brother of former West Perth captain Les Fong. Education Fong studied at the Balcatta Senior High School and graduated in 1976, serving as School Captain, Athletics Captain and Football First XVIII Captain. He was admitted to UWA Medical School in 1977, and graduated in 1982. In 1988, he moved to Vancouver British Columbia to undertake graduate theological studies at Regent College, University of British Columbia. He graduated with a Diploma in Christian Studies (DipCS) and a Master of Theological Studies (MTS) with a concentration in Applied Theology. He was Student Newspaper editor in 1999, and Student Body President and Senate Member in 1989/90. He was the Music Leader at Holy Trinity Anglican church in 1988–1990. Fong graduated in the University of Western Australia's Graduate School of Management with an MBA in 1996. Also having degrees in medicine and theology. Probono Roles Fong was the director and chair of Youth Vision WA from 1990- 2015, having completed 41 years in youth work in the Churches of Christ. He was deputy chair of the WA Community Foundation established by former WA Governor Lieutenant Colonel John Sanderson. He is an inaugural director of Mindful Mediation Australia, a charity established to further mindfulness and better mental health in schools and in business. Fong is National and WA state President of the Australasian College of Health Service Management and was made an Honorary Fellow in 2011. He is also Chairman of the Rhonda Wyllie Foundation (2012–present), Chairman of the Bethesda Foundation and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Awards He was a finalist in the 2010 Western Australian Citizen of the Year Award (Community Service). He was also a recipient of the Centenary of Federation Medal in 2003. References External links Stateline interview on the West Australian health system Stateline interview on drugs in sport Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Public servants of Western Australia Australian members of the Churches of Christ Ministers of the Churches of Christ Australian people