Dick Grigg
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Richard Randolph Grigg (8 June 1885 – 12 November 1972) was an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League, now Australian Football League.
Family
The son of Thomas Tobias Grigg (1851–1930),[1] and Katherine Douglas Grigg (1854–1946), née Williamson,[2][3] Richard Randolph Grigg was born at Bellarine, Victoria on 8 June 1885.[4] One of his brothers, Norman Cecil Grigg (1893–1945), also played VFL football with Geelong.
He married Lyla Daphne Calhoun (1888–1957), at the Cairns Memorial Presbyterian Church, in Melbourne, on 19 June 1915.[5][6][7] They had three children.
Football
Grigg is third from right, middle row.
The Herald, 21 September 1934.[8]
Grigg was a brilliant utility who was skilled in all facets of the game. He was a brilliant high mark and possessed fine anticipation, great style, and plenty of dash. He was regarded as one of the VFL's most accomplished and fairest players.
Geelong (VFL)
Grigg played 130 consecutive matches between 1904–14, a Geelong record that stands as of 2023. After seven years out of VFL circles, he made a brief comeback to play the final two matches of 1921, at the age of 36. He was a captain for two matches.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Best and Fairest
He won Geelong's Best and Fairest award four times: 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1914.[9][10]
Representative football
He represented Victoria in interstate matches on nine occasions.[11]
Geelong's "Team of the Century"
He was named in Geelong's Team of the Century.
Geelong's "Hall of Fame"
In 2007 he was elevated to legend status in the Geelong Hall of Fame.[12]
Death
He died at North Geelong, Victoria on 12 November 1972.[13]
See also
Notes
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- ↑ Deaths: Grigg, The Age, (Tuesday, 18 February 1930), p. 1.
- ↑ Marriage: Grigg—Williamson, The Geelong Advertiser, (Tuesday, 14 August 1877), p. 1.
- ↑ Deaths: Grigg, The Argus, (Wednesday, 3 July 1946), p. 16.
- ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration no.15380/1885.
- ↑ Birth: Calhoun, The Geelong Advertiser, (Tuesday, 18 June 1888), p. 2.
- ↑ R. Grigg's Wedding, The Geelong Advertiser, (Friday, 25 June 1915), p. 2.
- ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Deaths Registration no.22058/1957.
- ↑ 'Enthusiast', "Best Ever in Victoria (Letter to the Editor)", The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 22 September 1934), p. 30.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Lannen, Danny, "Dick Grigg joins Garry Hocking in Geelong Cats' Record Book a century after his best and fairest win", The Geelong Advertiser, 26 January 2015.
- ↑ Holmesby & Main (2002), p. 249.
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- ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Deaths Registration no.26786/1972.
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References
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2002), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: Every AFL/VFL Player since 1897 (4th ed.), Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. Template:ISBN
External links
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