Dick Wardill

This article is about the Australian rules footballer. For the Australian cricketer, see Richard Wardill.
Dick Wardill
Personal information
Full name Richard C. Wardill
Date of birth (1872-07-05)5 July 1872
Date of death 28 August 1929(1929-08-28) (aged 57)
Original team(s) Alberton[1]
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897–1902 Melbourne 60 (37)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1980.
Career highlights

Richard C. "Dick" Wardill (5 July 1872 – 28 August 1929) was an Australian rules footballer and coach who played with Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (known then as Victorian Football League)

A ruckman, Wardill became Melbourne's first ever premiership winning captain when he led his side to victory in the 1900 Grand Final against the Fitzroy Football Club.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Dick Wardill". Demonwiki - The history of the Melbourne Football Club. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Main, Jim; Holmesby, Russell (1992). The Encyclopedia of League Footballers. Melbourne, Victoria: Wilkinson Books. p. 459. ISBN 1-86337-085-4.

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