Billy Dick

Billy Dick
Cigarette card of Dick in 1910
Personal information
Full name William John Dick
Born (1889-07-16)16 July 1889
Stawell, Victoria
Died 18 November 1960(1960-11-18) (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)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919.
Career highlights
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.

Family

He was the nephew of Alick Dick, who captained the Brighton cricket team and later was captain of Essendon in the VFA.

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

Enthusiast's Letter to the Editor
The Herald, 21 September 1934.

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. 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.

He left Carlton at the end of 1918 and played for Brunswick in 1919.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "A Carltonian of Promise". The Herald (Melbourne). Melbourne, Australia. 31 March 1911. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  2. ↑ Rowell, Ted (8 May 1943). "Among Old Stars". Sporting Globe. Melbourne, Australia. p. 4. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  3. ↑ 'Enthusiast', "Best Ever in Victoria (Letter to the Editor)", The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 22 September 1934), p. 30.
  4. ↑ AFL tribunal statistics
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Marshall, Harry, "Two Carlton Captains In 1915 Premier Year", The (Melbourne) Herald, (Thursday, 20 October 1938), p.42.