Dick Grigg

Dick Grigg
Personal information
Date of birth	8 June 1885
Date of death	14 November 1972 (aged 88)
Place of death	Geelong, Victoria
Original team(s)	Drysdale
Debut	Round 1, 7 May 1904, Geelong v. Collingwood, at Victoria Park
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1904-14; 1921	Geelong	194 (64)
^1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1921 season.
Career highlights
Geelong Best and Fairest 1910,1911,1912,1914 Geelong Team of the Century (Half-back)

Dick Grigg (8 June 1885 – 14 November 1972) was an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League, now Australian Football League. He was named in Geelong's Team of the Century,^[1] won the Geelong Best and Fairest award four times in 1910, 11, 12, 14 and in 2007 was elevated to legend status in the Geelong Hall of Fame.^[2] He represented Victoria in interstate matches on nine occasions.^[3] 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. Grigg played 130 consecutive matches between 1904 - 14 a Geelong record. After seven years out of VFL circles he made a brief comeback to play the final two matches of 1921, at the age of 35. Captain of 2 matches.

References

1. Geelong Team of the Century
2. Cats honour past legends
3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 249. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.

External links

• Dick Grigg's statistics from AFL Tables