Dick Chirgwin

Dick Chirgwin
Personal information
Full name	Richard Chirgwin
Date of birth	26 June 1914
Original team	Regent's Park
Height/Weight	175 cm / 73 kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1934-1939 1940 1940 1941-1943 Total -	Richmond South Melbourne Footscray North Melbourne	64 (4) 1 (0) 3 (0) 15 (2) 83 (6)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1943 season .

Richard "Dick" Chirgwin (born 26 June 1914) was an Australian rules footballer who played with ? in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Recruited out of the Federal Football Association, Chirgwin was a half forward who joined a Richmond team which had competed in three successive grand finals.^[1] They made it four in a row in 1934, but Chirgwin, having made only one appearance that year, took no part in the finals series.^[2] Chirgwin did however play a semi final and preliminary final in 1935.^[2] He played 14 games in 1936 and would miss just two games over the next two seasons.^[2]

Chirgwin then had the unusual feat of playing with four VFL clubs in the space of two years. He played at Richmond in 1939, was with both South Melbourne and Footscray in 1940, before appearing for North Melbourne in 1941^[3]

References

1. ^ Full Points Footy: Richard Chirgwin (Richmond, Footscray, South Melbourne, North Melbourne)
2. ^ ^{a b c} AFL Tables: Dick Chirgwin
3. ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.