David Christy

David "Dolly" Christy
Personal information
Full name	David Christy
Date of birth	3 July 1870
Place of birth	Ballarat, Victoria
Date of death	2 July 1919 (aged 48)
Place of death	Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s)	Ballarat
Position(s)	Ruckman, centre half-forward
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1891–1896 1896–1897 1897 1898–1912	Melbourne Fremantle Imperials East Fremantle	00– 00(–) 011 00(–) 009 00(–) 196 (191)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912 season.
Career highlights
Fremantle Premiership player: 1896 (1) East Fremantle Captaincy: 1898–1900 Premiership player: 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911 (9)

David "Dolly" Christy (3 July 1870 – 2 July 1919) was an Australian rules footballer in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

Christy was a highly successful ruckman and centre half-forward who was one of the founders of football in Western Australia. He began his career with Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football Association from 1890 until 1895. He became a driving force in establishing football in Western Australia, playing senior football for 16 years in the west. He played with Fremantle, then with Imperials, and upon that club's dissolution he was a co-founder of East Fremantle Football Club in 1898.

In 1996 Christy was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. In 2004 he was inducted to the WA Football Hall of Fame.

References

• Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 47. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.

External links

• David Christy's profile from AustralianFootball.com