Steve McCall, Chris Kiwomya and long-serving former club secretary David Rose were this year’s inductees at the 38th Ex-Players’ Hall of Fame Reunion Dinner in the Sir Bobby Robson Suite at Portman Road on Friday evening.
Town players from across the decades and their guests totalling more than 200 attended the event.
McCall was a member of Sir Bobby Robson's side which won the 1981 UEFA Cup having come through the Blues' youth system and made more than 300 appearances for Town, including a run of 166 consecutive games.
The former England U21 international returned to Portman Road following a playing career which also took in spells with Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth, Torquay and hometown club Carlisle and worked in scouting and coaching roles. He is currently chief scout at Colchester United.
Kiwomya also came through the Town youth set-up and was a key man in the side which won promotion to the Premier League after topping the old Second Division in 1991/92. In total, he scored 64 goals in 229 starts and 29 sub appearances in eight years with the Blues before moving on to Arsenal in January 1995.
He later returned to the club and coached under Jim Magilton and Roy Keane’s management.
Rose was given the Merit Award for his long service at Town having started working at Portman Road in 1958. He went on to become the club’s secretary for 29 years before retiring in 2004.
Ex-boss Joe Royle was guest of honour, making only his second return to Suffolk since leaving the club just over 10 years ago.
The evening also celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Second Division title won by Kiwomya and his team-mates with plenty of other members of John Lyall’s squad also present including Jason Dozzell, Neil Thompson, Gavin Johnson, David Linighan, Mick Stockwell, John Wark and Simon Milton - who compered the event along with Bryan Hamilton and Matt Holland - as well as coach Mick McGiven.