Leo Joseph Dwyer was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with North Melbourne

North Melbourne Football Club

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 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL).

Dwyer, a wingman, was a foundation player for North Melbourne, playing eight games in their debut VFL season in 1925. Despite being in a struggling team, Dwyer polled well in the Brownlow Medal

Brownlow Medal

The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...

 and had his best finish in 1928 when he was equal third.

When he went to Yarraville

Yarraville Football Club

Yarraville Football Club was an Australian rules football club founded in 1903 and played in the VJFA until 1927. In 1928, the club joined the VFA where it played until 1984 when the club went into recess. In 1996, the Kingsville Football Club in the FDFL who by this time had taken over the...

, without a clearance, he had to sit out of football for two years in order to get a permit to back come to North Melbourne. A four time Victorian representative, he resumed his VFL career in 1934 but would play only four more games with the club.

He then returned home to Murchison and led the local team to a Goulburn Valley Football League

Goulburn Valley Football League

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 grand final in 1936, which they lost. He also won the Morrison Medal that, which was awarded to the season's Best and Fairest

Best and Fairest

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 player.

His son Laurie Dwyer

Laurie Dwyer

Laurie Dwyer is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne during the 1960s.Dwyer came close to winning a Brownlow Medal on a few occasions, finishing second in 1961 and again in 1967 as well as placing third in 1960...

 as well as two grandsons, Anthony

Anthony Dwyer

Anthony Dwyer is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Australian Football League during the 1990s....

 and David, all played for North Melbourne. He was also the uncle of West Australian Football League

West Australian Football League

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 players Keith

Keith Harper

Keith Harper was an Australian rules footballer who played for Perth in the West Australian National Football League during the late 1940s and 1950s. His younger brother Roy also played with the club.-WANFL:...

 and Roy Harper, who both won Simpson Medal

Simpson Medal

The Simpson Medal, a prize for Australian rules football, has been donated by Dr. Fred Simpson and family since 1945. It is awarded to the best player in a WAFL Grand Final and the best player in an interstate game involving Western Australia....

s.