Australian rules footballer, born 1912
Australian rules footballer
| Don Dilks |
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| Full name |
Donald Ian Dilks |
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| Date of birth |
(1912-05-20)20 May 1912 |
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| Date of death |
13 September 1981(1981-09-13) (aged 69) |
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| Original team(s) |
Spotswood Citizens |
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| Height |
180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
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| Weight |
74 kg (163 lb) |
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| Years |
Club |
Games (Goals) |
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| 1937–38 |
Footscray |
6 (0) |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938. |
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Donald Ian Dilks (20 May 1912 – 13 September 1981) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
The son of John Ernest Dilks (1891-1922),[2] and Minnie Victoria Dilks (1893-1982), née Goding, Donald Ian Dilks was born on 20 May 1912.
He married Jean Elizabeth Deller (1913–2013), the sister of Williamstown footballers Eddie Deller and Reg Deller, in 1938.
Recruited from Spotswood Citizens.
1937 Best First-Year Players
In September 1937, The Argus selected Dilks in its team of 1937's first-year players.[3]
Notes
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ Deaths: Dilks, The Argus, (Tuesday, 1 August 1922), p.1.
- ^ Football Season's Many Good Recruits, The Argus, (Tuesday, 7 September 1937), p.14.
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