Syd Dyer also referred to as Sid Dyer, 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 North Melbourne 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).

Dyer twice finished equal sixth in the annual 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...

 count, first in 1939 and again in 1946. He won the Syd Barker Medal

Syd Barker Medal

The Syd Barker Medal is awarded to the North Melbourne Football Club player who has been judged the best and fairest of the footy season. The award has been given out continuously since 1937. Before then it was known as the Syd Barker Memorial Trophy....

in 1939 for North Melbourne's best and fairest player and also twice topped their goalkicking, in 1946 with 55 goals and the following season with 47.

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