- Denis Dalton
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Denis Dalton Personal information Full name Denis Dalton Date of birth 10 October 1942 Original team Old Paradians Height/Weight 170 cm / 70 kg Position(s) Rover Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1964-65 Collingwood 9 (6) 1 Playing statistics to end of 1965 season .Denis Dalton (born 10 October 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s.
An Old Paradian, Dalton was used mostly as a rover in his two seasons at Collingwood. He appeared in the 1964 VFL Grand Final and kicked a goal from the forward pocket, in a four point loss.
He was also a very good bowls player and won a bronze medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane for the Men's Pairs, with Peter Rheuben. It was the same Commonwealth Games where another former VFL player, Bob Edmond, won a silver medal for weightlifting.
References
- Denis Dalton's statistics from AFL Tables
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
Categories:- 1942 births
- Living people
- Collingwood Football Club players
- Old Paradians Amateur Football Club players
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Australian bowls players
- Bowls players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
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