Dick Wardill

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Dick Wardill
Personal information
Full name	Richard C. Wardill
Date of birth	(1872-07-05)5 July 1872
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1897–1902	Melbourne	60 (37)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1980 season.
Career highlights
Melbourne premiership captain 1900 Melbourne captain 1900

Richard C. "Dick" Wardill (born 5 July 1872) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

A ruckman, Wardill became Melbourne's first ever premiership winning captain when he led his side to victory in the 1900 Grand Final against Fitzroy.^[1]

References

↑ Main, Jim; Holmesby, Russell (1992). The Encyclopedia of League Footballers. Melbourne, Victoria: Wilkinson Books. p. 459. ISBN 1-86337-085-4.

External links

Dick Wardill's statistics from AFL Tables

Sporting positions
Preceded by Eddie Sholl	Melbourne Football Club captain 1900	Succeeded by William C. McClelland

v t e Melbourne Football Club 1900 VFL Premiers

Melbourne 4.10 (34) defeated Fitzroy 3.12 (30), at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: Wardill Cumberland Gardner Geddes Hay Herring Langley Leith Lewis McClelland McGinis Moodie Parkin Purse Rippon Ryan Sholl Young

Captains of the Melbourne Football Club

1897–1898: Sutton
1899: Sholl
1900: Wardill
1901–1904: McClelland
1905: Langley
1906: Sowden
1907: Coutie
1908: Purse
1909: Nolan
1910–1911: Coutie
1912–1913: George
1914: Incigneri
1915: McKenzie
1919–1920: Heinz
1921–1923: Wilson
1924–1927: Chadwick
1928–1931: Warne-Smith
1932–1933: Vine
1934–1935: Niven
1936–1941: La Fontaine
1942–1944: Beames
1945–1947: Smith
1948–1949: Don Cordner
1950: McGrath
1951–1953: Denis Cordner
1954: Collins
1955–1956: McMahen
1957–1959: Beckwith
1960–1964: Barassi
1965–1969: Mann
1970: Johnson
1971–1972: Davis
1973–1976: Alves
1977–1978: Wells
1979–1980: Ditterich
1981–1987: Flower
1988–1990: Healy
1991–1997: Lyon
1998–1999: Viney
2000–2008: Neitz
2008: Bruce/McDonald
2009–2010: McDonald
2011: Green
2012–2013: Grimes/Trengove
2014–: Grimes/Jones

Persondata
Name	Wardill, Dick
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	5 July 1872
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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