 For his services to the Brunswick Football Club and the Brunswick Council, the Brunswick Football Ground was renamed the A. G. Gillon Oval in his honour in early 1976.The annual award for the best and fairest player in the VFA Thirds competition (specifically for Division 1 in years when the competition was partitioned) was named the A. G. Gillon Medal in his honour.He was also appointed OBE in the 1976 New Year Honours and a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 1987 Australia Day Honours.