Dave Dick (Australian footballer)
| Dave Dick | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | David George Dick | ||
| Born |
8 January 1901 Brunswick East, Victoria | ||
| Died |
19 June 1982 (aged 81) Broadmeadows, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Hampton Rovers | ||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1921 | St Kilda | 1 (0) | |
| 1925 | Essendon | 3 (7) | |
| 1926 | Footscray | 4 (5) | |
| Total | 8 (12) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
David George Dick (8 January 1901 – 19 June 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda, Essendon and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
The second son and fifth of the nine children of Alexander Elphinstone "Alick" Dick (1866-1948),[2] a VFA Essendon player (1888-1894), who captained the club to four premierships,[3] and Ada Neil Dick (1865-1943), née Hardham,[4][5]David George Dick was born in East Brunswick on 8 January 1901.
His older brother, Frederick John Dick, played for Melbourne. His uncle, William John "Billy" Dick played for Brighton and Brunswick in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), and Fitzroy and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Football
Dick, a full-forward, kicked 104 goals for Hampton Rovers in 1920.[6] The following year he joined St Kilda, where he would make a single appearance, in round 17 against Richmond.[7]
He then returned to Hampton Rovers and remained there until 1925, when he was cleared to Essendon. In just his second game for Essendon, against Carlton at Windy Hill, Dick kicked six goals.[7]
Dick was at a third club in 1926, Footscray, for which he played four games.[7]
Later in the decade he played with Sandringham.
Military service
He served in the Second AIF.[8][9]
Notes
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2007).
- ^ Deaths: Dick, The Age, (Monday, 12 July 1948), p. 2.
- ^ Ross (1996), p. 18; Maplestone (1996), pp. 34-43, 435-438, 557; Pennings (2016), passim.
- ^ (News Item), The North Melbourne Advertiser, (Friday, 3 June 1892), p. 2.
- ^ Deaths: Dick, The Age, (Friday, 24 September 1943), p. 5.
- ^ Daily Herald (Adelaide), "Some Goalkicker", 3 June 1921, p. 8
- ^ a b c AFL Tables: Dave Dick
- ^ World War II Nominal Roll: Private David George Dick (VX2102), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
- ^ World War II Service Record: Private David George Dick (VX2102), National Archives of Australia.
References
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- Maplestone, Michael (1996), Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Melbourne: Essendon Football Club. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
- Pennings, Mark (2016), Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's early History: Volume 4: Tough Times: Victorian Football loses its Way, 1891 to 1896, Brunswick, Victoria: Grumpy Monks Publishing. ISBN 978-0-646-93604-8
- Ross, John (ed.) (1996), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Ringwood, Vic: Viking. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
External links
- Dave Dick at AustralianFootball.com
- David Dick, at The VFA Project.