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Australian rules footballer
| David Thorpe | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | (1948-05-30) 30 May 1948 (age 76) | ||
| Original team(s) | North Footscray | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1965–1973 | Footscray | 151 0(79) | |
| 1974–1976 | Richmond | 027 0(24) | |
| Total | 178 (103) | ||
| Playing statistics correct to the end of 1976. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
David Thorpe (born 30 May 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and Richmond in the VFL.
A centreman, Thorpe played with Footscray from 1965 to 1973. He won the Charles Sutton Medal for the club's best and fairest player in 1968 and 1972. Thorpe missed out on the award in 1969 despite polling well in the Brownlow Medal, finishing the count in 6th position. From that season, until 1972, he represented Victoria at interstate football. For his performance in the 1972 Perth Carnival he earned All Australian selection.
Thorpe transferred to Richmond in 1974 and was a member of that season's premiership team, defeating North Melbourne in the grand final.
External links
- David Thorpe's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- David Thorpe at AustralianFootball.com
| Richmond Football Club 1974 VFL premiers | |
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| Richmond 18.20 (128) defeated North Melbourne 13.9 (87), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Coach: Hafey |
| Captains of the Footscray Football Club/Western Bulldogs | |
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- 1948 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- Western Bulldogs players
- Richmond Football Club players
- Richmond Football Club premiership players
- Port Melbourne Football Club players
- Yarraville Football Club players
- Yarraville Football Club coaches
- Charles Sutton Medal winners
- All-Australians (1953–1988)
- Living people
- VFL/AFL premiership players
- Australian rules biography, 1940s birth stubs