Dick Pirrie

Dick Pirrie
Dick Pirrie
Personal information
Full name Richard M. "Dick" Pirrie
Date of birth 6 June 1920(1920-06-06)
Date of death 6 June 1944(1944-06-06) (aged 24)
Place of death Normandy, France
Original team Hawthorn CYMS
Height/Weight 175 cm / 74.5 kg
Club information
Current club Retired
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1940–41 Hawthorn 3 (0)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1941 season .
2 State and International statistics correct as of N/A.

Richard M. "Dick" Pirrie (6 June 1920 – 6 June 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Son of Richard Pirrie and brother of Kevin Pirrie, he enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II. He was the first Australian killed at the landings at Normandy on D-Day.

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