Arch Dickens | |
Fullname: | Harold Arthur Dickens |
Birth Date: | 19 June 1903 |
Birth Place: | Preston, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Preston |
Height: | 165 cm |
Weight: | 65 kg |
Statsend: | 1932 |
Years1: | 1923–1931 |
Club1: | Fitzroy |
Games Goals1: | 64 (24) |
Years2: | 1932 |
Club2: | Melbourne |
Games Goals2: | 13 (7) |
Games Goalstotal: | 77 (31) |
Harold Arthur "Arch" Dickens (19 June 1903 – 25 May 1996) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] [2]
Dickens was recruited from Preston.[3] He played on a wing for Fitzroy in their 1923 VFL Grand Final loss to Essendon.[4] [5] He was one of the last players to use the place kick when kicking for goal.[6]