Dick Grigg
| Dick Grigg | |||
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 Cigarette card of Grigg in 1909 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 8 June 1885 | ||
| Place of birth | Bellarine, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 12 November 1972 (aged 87) | ||
| Place of death | North Geelong, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Drysdale | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 7 May 1904, Geelong vs. Collingwood, at Victoria Park | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1904–14; 1921 | Geelong | 194 (64) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1921. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
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[edit]
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[edit]
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)[edit]
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.[citation needed]
Best and Fairest[edit]
He won Geelong's Best and Fairest award four times: 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1914.[9][10]
Representative football[edit]
He represented Victoria in interstate matches on nine occasions.[11]
Geelong's "Team of the Century"[edit]
He was named in Geelong's Team of the Century.
Geelong's "Hall of Fame"[edit]
In 2007 he was elevated to legend status in the Geelong Hall of Fame.[12]
Death[edit]
He died at North Geelong, Victoria on 12 November 1972.[13]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Oates, Stacey (27 January 2015). "New discovery places Grigg on top".
- ^ 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.
- ^ Shields, Jason (2 July 2007). "Cats honour past legends". Archived from the original on 13 October 2012.
- ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Deaths Registration no.26786/1972.
References[edit]
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2002), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: Every AFL/VFL Player since 1897 (4th ed.), Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. ISBN 1-74095-001-1
External links[edit]
- Dick Grigg's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Dick Grigg at AustralianFootball.com
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