 Asked if he would become club doctor, he declined but became involved in administration of the game, becoming Chairman and Treasure of the New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs.He was the founding Chairman of the Australian Soccer Federation from 1961 to 1963.He died in Melbourne on 18 February 1963 after suffering a heart attack during the lunchtime adjournment of a particularly heated meeting on the issue of the readmission of Australia to FIFA.