Willie Dick (footballer) explained

Willie Dick
Birth Date:16 March 1966
Birth Place:Goomalling
Debutteam:Essendon
Debutopponent:St Kilda
Debutstadium:Waverley Park
Height:179 cm
Weight:82 kg
Statsend:1992
Years1:1985–91, 1993, 1999–2000
Club1:Perth (WAFL)
Games Goals1:154 (136)
Years2:1992
Club2:Essendon
Games Goals2:7 (6)

Willie Dick is an Australian rules footballer who played for Perth in the West Australian Football League and Essendon in the Australian Football League.

Originally from Goomalling in the Wheatbelt region, Dick played in 156 games for Perth between 1985 and 2000. In 2012 he was named as one of the Top 25 WAFL players from the past 25 years.[1]

He was drafted by Essendon in the second round of the 1991 AFL Draft. He made his début against St Kilda in round 1 of 1992 season. He played seven games for the senior team and was a member of Essendons reserves premiership team. He left the club at the end of the season for family reasons.

His nephew Brad Dick played for Collingwood[2] between 2007 and 2011. He was later drafted by on their rookie list, but did not play any senior games for them.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.wafootball.com.au/wafl/3059-top-25-announced Top 25 Announced
  2. News: https://web.archive.org/web/20090626051703/http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/magpie-earns-his-wings/2007/05/01/1177788141602.html . Magpie earns his wings . Martin. Flanagan . 2 May 2007. 26 June 2009.