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Adrian Dullard
Personal information
Full name Adrian Michael Dullard
Date of birth (1918-01-12)12 January 1918
Date of death 6 November 1989(1989-11-06) (aged 71)[1]
Original team(s) Pine Grove, Rochester
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s) Ruckman, Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1940–1949 Melbourne 116 (143)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Adrian Michael Dullard[2] (12 January 1918 – 6 November 1989)[3] was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Dullard came under notice in 1938 with Rochester, when coached by Stewie Copeland[4] and when he represented the Bendigo Football League in a match against Melbourne in 1938, kicking five goals.[5][6]

Dullard played in Melbourne's Reserves' 1939 premiership team.

He was a member of the Melbourne premiership team in 1941 and 1948.[7][8] He kicked the game-tying goal in time-on of the final quarter during the drawn 1948 VFL Grand Final, which set up the following week's replay which Melbourne won.[9]

Dullard played in Melbourne's losing 1946 VFL Grand Final, where he kicked three goals.

Dullard spent 1944 in the Australian Army.[10]

He became captain-coach of Williamstown in the VFA in 1950 and 1951, and then continued on as a player in 1952 and 1953. He was vice-captain in the latter season. He won the most consistent player award in 1952 and played a total of 82 games for the Seagulls, kicking 111 goals. His son, Tony Dullard, also played for Melbourne and Williamstown.

References

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  1. ^ Profile on Demonwiki
  2. ^ DULLARD ADRIAN MICHAEL
  3. ^ "Adrian Dullard - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  4. ^ "1940 - Country Players have made Melbourne". Weekly Times. 7 September 1940. p. 39. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  5. ^ "1938 - Bendigo League Team". The Argus. 9 July 1938. p. 15. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  6. ^ "1938 - BENDIGO'S EFFORT TO HOLD MELBOURNE". The Herald. 16 July 1938. p. 13. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  7. ^ Daffey, Paul (2 October 2010). "Drama of 1948 had everything". The Age. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  8. ^ Taylor, Percy, "Melbourne are Proud of their Great War Record", The Australasian, (Saturday, 24 June 1944), p. 23.
  9. ^ H. A. deLacy (2 October 1948). "Demons' desperate finish in first VFL Grand Final draw". The Sporting Globe. Melbourne, VIC. p. 4.
  10. ^ "1944 - Melbourne are proud of their great war record". The Australasian. 24 June 1944. p. 23. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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