Gary Dark

Gary Dark
Personal information
Full name Gary Donald Thomas Dark
Born (1944-11-28)28 November 1944
Died 22 September 1971(1971-09-22) (aged 26)
Ballarat, Victoria
Original team Rokewood
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1964, 1966 Footscray 6 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1966.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gary Dark (28 November 1944 – 22 September 1971) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Dark won his club best and fairest award in 1963 and also the 1963 Western Plains Football League best and fairest award,[2] the Henry Brunn Trophy whilst playing with Rokewood.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "1964 - Ballarat Teachers' College: Football Firsts Premiers". Victorian Collections. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Rokewood-Corindhap FC History". Western Plains FL. Retrieved 6 October 2025.