Billy Dick
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| Billy Dick | |||
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 Cigarette card of Dick in 1910 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | William John Dick | ||
| Born |
16 July 1889 Stawell, Victoria | ||
| Died |
18 November 1960 (aged 71) Cheltenham, Victoria | ||
| Original team | East Brunswick | ||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||
| Positions | Centre half-forward, centre half-back | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1906–07 | Brighton | ?? (??) | |
| 1908–10 | Fitzroy | 53 (40) | |
| 1911–18 | Carlton | 100 (35) | |
| 1919 | Brunswick | 5 (3) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
William John Dick (16 July 1889 – 18 November 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Dick also played for the Carlton Cricket Club, averaging over 50 runs an inning through 31 March of the 1911 season.[1]
Family
[edit]He was the nephew of Alick Dick, who captained the Brighton cricket team and later was captain of Essendon in the VFA.[2]
His nephews Ian and Alexander Dick played first-class cricket for Western Australia, with Ian also captaining Australia in the field hockey tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.
Football
[edit]
The Herald, 21 September 1934.[3]
Dick made his debut for Carlton in round 6 of the 1911 VFL season.
Midway though the 1915 season, on June 26 against Fitzroy, Dick was reported for striking Jack Cooper and subsequently suspended for ten matches.[4] Carlton took legal advice, but the league upheld the suspension against the club's appeal. Alf Baud took over as team captain to replace the suspended Dick.[5][6]
He left Carlton at the end of 1918 and played for Brunswick in 1919.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ "A Carltonian of Promise". The Herald (Melbourne). Melbourne, Australia. 31 March 1911. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
- ↑ Rowell, Ted (8 May 1943). "Among Old Stars". Sporting Globe. Melbourne, Australia. p. 4. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
- ↑ 'Enthusiast', "Best Ever in Victoria (Letter to the Editor)", The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 22 September 1934), p. 30.
- ↑ AFL tribunal statistics
- ↑ Browne, Ashley (2011). Grand Finals: The Stories Behind the Premier Teams of the Victorian Football League. 1897-1938. Slattery Media Group. pp. 192, 198. ISBN 978-1-921778-32-2.
- ↑ Marshall, Harry, "Two Carlton Captains In 1915 Premier Year", The (Melbourne) Herald, (Thursday, 20 October 1938), p.42.
External links
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- Billy Dick's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Billy Dick at AustralianFootball.com
- Billy Dick at Blueseum
- W. "Billy" Dick, at The VFA Project.
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- 1889 births
- Carlton Football Club players
- Carlton Football Club premiership players
- Fitzroy Football Club players
- Brighton Football Club players
- Brunswick Football Club players
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- 1960 deaths
- People from Stawell, Victoria
- VFL/AFL premiership players
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Cricketers from Victoria (state)
- Australian rules football biography, 1889 birth stubs
- Australian cricket biography, 1890s birth stubs