A major decision looms as pressure mounts on the AFL to reconsider former WAFL and North Melbourne player Barry Cable's position in football history.

Last week the AFL flagged changes to Australian Football Hall of Fame that would allow its committee to suspend or revoke membership status from individuals who have been convicted of an indictable offence or have engaged in conduct which is detrimental to the game.

The shift in rules was forecast in the lead-up to District Court judge Mark Herron ruling on Friday that Cable owed more than $800,000 in damages for the repeated sexual abuse of a young girl starting in the 1960s.

Four other women came forward with similar allegations throughout the trial.

Cable denied the allegations against him and did not attend the court proceedings. He has not been charged with criminal offences in relation to the allegations, which were reported to the police in 1998.

The 79-year-old was inducted into the hall of fame a member in 1996 and elevated to Legend Status in in 2012 following a 383-game playing career with Perth, North Melbourne and East Perth between 1962-1979.

He spent four years as Kangaroos coach in the 1980s.

In that time he won three Sandover medals as the WAFL's best player over a season alongside multiple premierships as a player.

He was also named as a player and the coach of the AFL's Indigenous Team of the Century in 2005.

The lawyer representing his victim made a staunch case for the leagues to act.

"If you sexually abuse children in your spare time, and molest them in a spa in your backyard while you are a coach of an AFL team, then you're not fit for a sporting hall of fame or any other sort of honour," Rightside Legal partner Michael Magazanik told Fairfax Media.

"It's not controversial. It's time for anyone who has glorified Cable to face the sickening truth and act accordingly."

The West Australian Football Commission and Sport Australia Hall of Fame are also said to be reviewing Cable's honours with them.

The new rules to the AFL's Hall of Fame will come into effect following their 2023 induction ceremony on June 27.

Any member subjected to the reconsideration of their status will be given the chance to respond, with the decision ultimately left to the AFL Commission.

Some have noted there are suitable candidates to adopt Cable's position in the Indigenous Team of the Century should action be taken in that regard.

Graham "Polly" Farmer, widely recognised as one of the greatest footballers of all time, was named in the ruck and as captain of the side in 2005, with coaching being a notable feature in his stellar CV.

The late great played over 350 career games between East Perth, Geelong and West Perth from the late 1950s to early 1970s.

He led West Perth to the 1969 premiership the club's captain-coach and best-and-fairest in his second stint in the west, before rejoining the Cats as stand-alone coach for three seasons from 1973.