Australian rules footballer and bowls player
Australian rules footballer
Denis Dalton Full name
Denis Dalton Date of birth
(1942-10-10 ) 10 October 1942 (age 82) Original team(s)
Old Paradians Height
170 cm (5 ft 7 in) Weight
70 kg (154 lb) Position(s)
Rover Years
Club
Games (Goals) 1964–65
Collingwood
9 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965.
Sources: AFL Tables , AustralianFootball.com
Denis Dalton (born 10 October 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s and a former international lawn bowler.
Australian rules
An Old Paradian, Dalton was used mostly as a rover in his two seasons at Collingwood. He appeared in the 1964 VFL Grand Final and kicked a goal from the forward pocket , in a four-point loss. Dalton later played for Preston in the Victorian Football Association , and finished equal-third for the J. J. Liston Trophy in 1967.[ 1]
Lawn bowls
He won a bronze medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane for the Men's Pairs, with Peter Rheuben . It was the same Commonwealth Games where another former VFL player, Bob Edmond , won a silver medal for weightlifting.
Eight years later he lost the bronze medal play off in the fours with Ken Woods , Dennis Katunarich and Rex Johnston at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland .[ 2] [ 3]
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