Henry Dalziel 'Dally' O'Brien (31 October 1918 – 15 August 1996) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with

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in the

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during the 1940s. O'Brien played 137 games for North Melbourne and was club captain in 1944 and 1945. He won their

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award in 1948, also finishing equal 8th in the Brownlow Medal count.

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* 1918 births 1996 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) North Melbourne Football Club players Syd Barker Medal winners {{AFL-bio-1918-stub