A rover from Maryborough, he won the best first year player in 1953, as well as the leading goalkicker award in his first two seasons. He is the only player to have won the Jack Dyer Medal in three consecutive years.[3]
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^Hogan, Paul (1996). The Tigers Of Old. Melbourne, Victoria: Richmond FC. ISBN978-0-646187-48-8.