David Smorgon's long reign at the Western Bulldogs is over. Source: Herald Sun
THE 17-year reign of Western Bulldogs president David Smorgon is over.
In a shock move, Smorgon, 65, has tonight agreed to hand power to former club president Peter Gordon for the 2013 season.
Smorgon took over the top job at Whitten Oval in 1996 - from anti-merger hero Gordon.
Smorgon was expected to serve one more year in the top job, but was swayed by a succession report tabled at a lengthy Bulldogs board meeting today.
The shake-up, to be confirmed by the club tomorrow, will see wealthy Dogs director Susan Alberti named as vice-president.
Smorgon will stand down from the board at the club's annual general meeting on December 20.
Bulldogs members will then be asked to vote Gordon on to the board, which would confirm his presidency.
A Bulldogs board committee, headed by outgoing Dogs director Ian Veal, has spent several months exploring succession options for the popular Smorgon.
The committee recently settled on the pairing of Gordon and Alberti, a recommendation approved at today's board meeting.
The quality of the candidates was enough to convince Smorgon that the time was right to step aside.
Gordon, a successful lawyer, became Bulldogs president in 1989 after leading the fight against a merger with Fitzroy.
His board stood aside for the Smorgon administration in 1996.
Smorgon is the second-longest serving president in the AFL behind Sydney Swans chairman Richard Colless.
Agitator and former player Paul Dimattina is not a part of the changes.
If Dimattina was determined to join the board, as he has repeatedly signalled, he could try to force an election.
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