AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan says the AFL will consider observing a minute’s silence in memory of Danny Frawley before this weekend’s semi-finals.

Frawley was killed on Monday when his car hit a tree about 20km outside of Ballarat. It was the day after his 56th birthday.

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McLachlan said the league was considering several ways to celebrate the life of one of the football community’s most cherished figures — including pausing for one minute before Geelong takes on West Coast and Brisbane hosts GWS.

“Obviously we’re thinking about all of that,” McLachlan told SEN today.

“We’ve sort of only had confirmation of all of this late (on Monday) so it’s early.

“We will work and talk and collaborate so that we find the right way to remember him.”

McLachlan also didn’t rule out elevating Frawley’s “Golden Fist” award from Fox Footy’s Bounce to an official honour.

A petition urging the league to do so had gained more than 33,000 votes at the time of writing.

“Bounce was the one constant in my week. That tells a story. That was the one thing my family did every week, for better or for worse,” McLachlan said.

“Something like that — or taking a piece of that — I think will go into the mix for what we need to consider to take forward.

“He is a really iconic figure in our game and we need to find a way to remember him.”

McLachlan had a close working relationship with Frawley through their roles as All-Australian selectors, as well as the bond they shared through the St Kilda Football Club.

“He was a guy people wanted around. He was fun, he’d take the fun out of people, he’d have the mickey taken out of him and he’d create an energy in the room that meant people enjoyed being around him,” McLachlan said.

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“He played a role. And that’s what committees, communities and clubs are built on: someone who is good at their job, but has a broader role of getting everyone to hang together.

“He was the glue in so many different things. That’s, I think, the thread of what people are mourning.”

Frawley was a great supporter of women’s footy, coaching his daughters’ team Old Haileybury in the amateurs, while being short-listed for Collingwood’s AFLW role.

One of McLachlan’s most recent interactions with the St Kilda great had been his concern over the safety of girls and women on the footy field.

“He didn’t feel we were interpreting or protecting the girls enough in community football,” McLachlan said.

“He kept on hitting me up and hitting me up and it eventually got to the point where … he got into my diary.

“And the result of that was we put a series of non-negotiables out to leagues in terms of women’s football this year about that first step in terms of education and being brutal about sling tackles.”

Originally published as AFL to consider award in Frawley’s honour