Jack Dyer

Jack Dyer
Personal information
Full name John Raymond Dyer Sr.
Nickname(s) Captain Blood
Date of birth (1913-11-15)15 November 1913
Place of birth Oakleigh, Victoria
Date of death 23 August 2003(2003-08-23) (aged 89)
Place of death Box Hill, Victoria
Original team(s) St. Ignatius
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Position(s) Ruck/ruck-rover/forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1931–1949 Richmond 311 (443)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
Victoria 16
Coaching career3
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1941–1952 Richmond 222 (134–86–2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1952.
Career highlights

VFL

Representative

Coaching

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
Jim Park of Carlton, Dyer (age 24), and Phonse Kyne of Collingwood, at the Adelaide Oval, before the 1938 interstate match against South Australia

John Raymond Dyer Sr. OAM (15 November 1913[1] – 23 August 2003), nicknamed Captain Blood, was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1931 and 1949. One of the game's most prominent players, he was one of 12 inaugural "Legends" inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. He later turned to coaching and work in the media as a popular broadcaster and journalist.

  1. ^ McClure, Geoff (13 November 2003). "Date aside, Tigers get Jack's number". The Age.