Pat Dalton

This article is about the West Australian footballer. For the Victorian footballer of the 1940s, see Pat Dalton (footballer, born 1918). For the English rugby league footballer of the 1930s, see Paddy Dalton.

Patrick James 'Pat' Dalton (born 12 June 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer who played 217 games for Perth in the WANFL from 1960 to 1971.[1] He was named on the interchange bench in Perth's official 'Team of the Century'.

A regular for Perth during the 1960s, Dalton was almost always used as a centreman. He was a member of three consecutive premiership teams at Perth, in 1966, 1967 and 1968. Dalton won the 1970 Sandover Medal, in his second-last league season, and also won two Perth best and fairest awards during his career. He represented the Western Australian state team on one occasion, against Victoria in 1969.[2]

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