Mick Dowdle Explained

Mick Dowdle
Fullname:Mick Dowdle
Birth Date:3 July 1947
Originalteam:Jerilderie
Height:173 cm
Weight:76 kg
Position:Rover
Statsend:1971
Years1:1964–71
Games Goals1:98 (89)

Mick Dowdle (born 3 July 1947) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Dowdle played in Jerilderie's 1963 Coreen & District Football League premiership and also won the 1963 Coreen & DFL best and fairest award, the Archie Dennis Medal and is the youngest ever winner of this award, as a 16 year old.[2]

Dowdle made his senior VFL debut against Fitzoy in round 17, in August 1964 at the Arden Street Oval, North Melbourne, as a 17 year old.

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 236.
  2. Web site: Archie Denis Medalists (page 18) . NSW Football History . Coreen & DFL . 28 January 2022 . 18.