Don Dilks
| Don Dilks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Donald Ian Dilks | ||
| Date of birth | 20 May 1912 | ||
| Date of death | 13 September 1981 (aged 69) | ||
| Original team(s) | Spotswood Citizens | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1937–38 | Footscray | 6 (0) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938. | |||
| 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[edit]
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.
Football[edit]
Recruited from Spotswood Citizens.
1937 Best First-Year Players[edit]
In September 1937, The Argus selected Dilks in its team of 1937's first-year players.[3]
| Best First-Year Players (1937) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Backs | Bernie Treweek (Fitzroy) |
Reg Henderson (Richmond) |
Lawrence Morgan (Fitzroy) |
| H/Backs | Gordon Waters (Hawthorn) |
Bill Cahill (Essendon) |
Eddie Morcom (North Melbourne) |
| Centre Line | Ted Buckley (Melbourne) |
George Bates (Richmond) |
Jack Kelly (St Kilda) |
| H/Forwards | Col Williamson (St Kilda) |
Ray Watts (Essendon) |
Don Dilks (Footscray) |
| Forwards | Lou Sleeth (Richmond) |
Sel Murray (North Melbourne) |
Charlie Pierce (Hawthorn) |
| Rucks/Rover | Reg Garvin (St Kilda) |
Sandy Patterson (South Melbourne) |
Des Fothergill (Collingwood) |
| Second Ruck | Lawrence Morgan | Col Williamson | Lou Sleeth |
Notes[edit]
- ^ 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.
External links[edit]
- Don Dilks's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Don Dilks at AustralianFootball.com
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