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.

Sources

• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
• Dick Pirrie's statistics from AFL Tables
• http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=N&VeteranID=1194802

Persondata
Name	Pirrie, Dick
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	6 June 1920
Place of birth
Date of death	6 June 1944
Place of death	Normandy, France