Billy Dick
Encyclopedia
William John "Billy" Dick (born 16 July 1889 in Stawell
, Victoria
; died 18 November 1962) was an Australian rules football
er who played for and in the Victorian Football League
(VFL).
Dick made his debut for the Carlton Football Club
in Round 6 of the 1911 season. He left the club at the end of the 1918 season.
His nephews Ian
and Alexander Dick
played cricket
for Western Australia
, with Ian also captaining Australia at field hockey in the
1956 Summer Olympics
in Melbourne
.
Stawell, Victoria
Stawell , is a town in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia. The town is located in Shire of Northern Grampians Local Government Area, west-north-west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Stawell had a population of 6,035....
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
; died 18 November 1962) was an Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er who played for and in the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
(VFL).
Dick made his debut for the Carlton Football Club
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
in Round 6 of the 1911 season. He left the club at the end of the 1918 season.
His nephews Ian
Ian Dick
Ian Robinson Dick is an Australian cricketer and field hockey player who played one match for Western Australia in 1950 and also captained Australia in field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne...
and Alexander Dick
Alexander Dick
Alexander Williamson "Alec" Dick is an Australian cricketer who played one match for Western Australia in 1949. He played his only match against Victoria, scoring a duck batting at number eight in the first innings and eight runs batting at number nine in the second innings...
played cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
for Western Australia
Western Warriors
The Western Australia cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team representing the state of Western Australia...
, with Ian also captaining Australia at field hockey in the
Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The field hockey tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics was contested from November 23 to December 6, with twelve participating teams. Only men competed in field hockey at these Games. India won the gold medal for the sixth successive Games, not allowing a single goal against in the entire...
1956 Summer Olympics
1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...
in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
.