Merv Dudley

Mervyn William Dudley (31 May 1917 – 22 April 2013) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Merv Dudley
Personal information
Full name Mervyn William Dudley
Date of birth (1917-05-31)31 May 1917
Place of birth Wunghnu, Victoria
Date of death 22 April 2013(2013-04-22) (aged 95)
Original team(s) Numurkah, Wagga Wagga
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1940 South Melbourne 3 (7)
1943–45 Footscray 30 (10)
Total 33 (17)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Dudley returned to the Numurkah Football Club as captain / coach in 1946 and won the 1946 Murray Football League league best and fairest award, the O'Dwyer Medal.[2]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 240. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "1946 - Best & Fairest Player". Cobram Courier. 9 August 1946. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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