David Dwyer (born 15 March 1964) is a former

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er who played with

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in the Victorian/Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life and family

Dwyer went to school at St Joseph's College in North Melbourne and played football with St Oliver's. He comes from a family with a strong connection to the North Melbourne Football Club. His father

Laurie Dwyer Laurie Dwyer (6 November 1938 – 17 October 2016) was an Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne. Dwyer came close to winning a Brownlow Medal on a few occasions, finishing second in 1961 and again in 1967 as well as placin ...

is on the wing in North Melbourne's ''

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'' and his grandfather

Leo Dwyer Leo Joseph Dwyer (9 May 1907 – 11 November 1995) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Dwyer, a wingman, played eight games in North Melbourne's debut VFL season in 1925. De ...

played 71 games for North Melbourne. He also has a younger brother,

Anthony Dwyer Anthony Dwyer (born 1 January 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s. Recruited from Westmeadows, Dwyer joined his brother David David (; , ...

, who played with North Melbourne in the 1990s.

Career

A wingman like his father, Dwyer came into the North Melbourne team in the

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and made 19 appearances. Dwyer kicked the winning goal for North Melbourne in the club's round three win over

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at Princes Park in

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. Carlton led by 16 points in time-on, but North Melbourne'

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managed two quick goals, which was followed by a 35th-minute goal to Dwyer, who had marked from a Tony Furey kick. The siren sounded as soon as the ball was bounced in the centre, which gave North Melbourne a 22.15 (147) to 22.13 (145) win. The season would end up being a curtailed by injury, a stress fracture in his foot kept him out of the side for much of the year, but he played in both of North Melbourne's finals games. In the 1986 season, Dwyer played 17 league games, a year North Melbourne missed out on the finals only on percentage. Against Collingwood at

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in round 14, Dwyer broke his nose and suffered concussion when he collided with umpire

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. He made 10 appearances in

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, then didn't feature at all in the 1988 season, but did play in the reserves, which were coached by his father. This was followed by just one appearance in

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and three in

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, his final season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dwyer, David 1964 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) North Melbourne Football Club players Living people People educated at St Joseph's College, Melbourne