David George Dick (8 January 1901 – 19 June 1982) 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 with St Kilda,

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and Footscray in the

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(VFL). Dick, a

full-forward Full-forward is a position in Australian rules football and Gaelic football with a key focus on kicking goals. The Coleman Medal is awarded to the player, often a full-forward, who has kicked the most goals in an Australian Football League seaso ...

, kicked 104 goals for

Hampton Hampton may refer to: Places Australia *Hampton bioregion, an IBRA biogeographic region in Western Australia * Hampton, New South Wales *Hampton, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region * Hampton, Victoria ** Hampton railway station, Melbour ...

in 1920. The following year he joined St Kilda, where he would make a single appearance, in round 17 against

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.AFL Tables: Dave Dick
/ref> He then returned to Hampton and remained there until 1925, when he was cleared to Essendon. In just his second game for Essendon, against Carlton at

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, Dick kicked six goals. Dick was at a third club in 1926, Footscray, for which he played four games. Later in the decade he played with

Sandringham Sandringham can refer to: Places Australia * Sandringham, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney * Sandringham, Queensland, a rural locality * Sandringham, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne **Sandringham railway line **Sandringham railway station * ...

. He had a brother, Fred, that played for

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. Their father, Alick, was an Essendon player in the 1890s who captained the club to four premierships.

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External links

David Dick, at ''The VFA Project''.
1901 births 1982 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents St Kilda Football Club players Essendon Football Club players Western Bulldogs players Sandringham Football Club players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1901-stub