Dale Dickson

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Dale Dickson
Personal information
Full name Dale Dickson
Date of birth (1962-07-03) 3 July 1962 (age 61)
Original team(s) Shepparton[1]
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1982–1986 Melbourne 56 (20)
1987–1989 Brisbane Bears 30 0(3)
Total 86 (23)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1989.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Dale Dickson (born 3 July 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s.

He has been the Chief Executive Officer of Australia’s second largest local government, the City of Gold Coast, since July 2003.  He is also a former Chief Executive Officer of the Whitsunday Shire Council.

Dickson was replaced by Tim Baker,a former Tasmanian government departmental secretary as CEO in February 2022.

References

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
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Inaugural Brisbane Bears VFL team
Full-back
  • Peter Banfield
  • Mark Roberts
  • Dale Dickson
Half-back
  • Cameron O'Brien
  • Steve Reynoldson
  • Matthew Campbell
Centre
  • David O'Keeffe
  • Geoff Raines
  • Phil Walsh
Half-forward
  • Brenton Phillips
  • Michael McCarthy
  • John Fidge
Full-forward
  • Neil Hein
  • Jim Edmond
  • Mike Richardson
Ruck
  • Mark Mickan (c)
  • Mark Williams
  • Bernie Harris
Interchange
  • Brad Hardie
  • Chris Waterson
Coach
  • Peter Knights
Brisbane Bears defeated North Melbourne 19.23 (137) to 15.14 (104), round 1, 1987, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground