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David Ackerly (born 27 November 1960) is a former
Australian rules 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 ...
footballer who played with South Melbourne and North Melbourne in the
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during the 1980s. Ackerly played in the
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and was South Melbourne's
best and fairest In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...
in 1980 and 1982. In 1991 and 1992, he played 36 games and kicked 3 goals for Williamstown in the Victorian Football Association including the losing 1992 grand final against Sandringham at Carlton. He finished in third place in the Club best and fairest in 1991, won the most consistent player award and also the Ron James MVP. Ackerley was assistant coach in 1992. He is currently employed as an assistant coach of football at Wesley College, Melbourne.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ackerly, David 1960 births Living people Bob Skilton Medal winners Sydney Swans players North Melbourne Football Club players Williamstown Football Club players Australian players of Australian rules football Victorian State of Origin players Australia international rules football team players Place of birth missing (living people)