Dick Lee (footballer)

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Richard "Dick" Lee (born 19 March 1889; died 11 September 1968) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League.

Lee was one of the first great forwards in Australian Football with an ability to win the ball on the ground or in the air.

Playing career:

• Collingwood 1906 to 1922; Games 230, Goals 707

Player honors:

• Collingwood leading goalkicker 1906-1910, 1914-1917, 1919, 1921
• Leading goalkicker Medal 1907-1910, 1914, 1916-17, 1919
• Collingwood captain 1920-1921
• Premierships 1910, 1917, 1919
• Collingwood Team of the Century
• Victorian representative 19 games, 60 goals

In 1996 Lee was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

[edit] References

• Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers, p. 88. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X. 
• AFL Hall of Fame