Mervyn William Dudley (31 May 1917 – 22 April 2013) 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

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and Footscray in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL). Dudley returned to the Numurkah Football Club as captain / coach in 1946 and won the 1946

Murray Football League The Murray Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League. The league covers a large area of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in ...

best and fairest award, the O'Dwyer Medal.

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* * 1917 births 2013 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sydney Swans players Western Bulldogs players Numurkah Football Club players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1917-stub