William John Dick (16 July 1889 – 18 November 1960) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played for and in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL).
Family
The son of Alick Dick, captain of Essendon in the VFA.
His nephews
Ian and
Alexander Dick played
first-class cricket
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for
Western Australia
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, with Ian also captaining
Australia
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in the
field hockey tournament at the
1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...
in Melbourne.
Football
Dick made his debut for
Carlton in round 6 of the
1911 VFL season
The 1911 VFL season was the 15th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured ten clubs and ran from 29 April to 23 September, comprising an 18-ma ...
. He left the club at the end of
1918
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.
See also
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1914 Sydney Carnival
The 1914 Sydney Carnival was the third edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian football interstate competition. It was held between Wednesday 5 August and Saturday 15 August 1914. As in previous competitions, players ...
Notes
External links
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Billy Dicka
BlueseumW. "Billy" Dick, at ''The VFA Project''.
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
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