Dean Greig (born 31 October 1968) is a former

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er in the

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. Greig played under 19s football for in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL) during the 1980s, captaining the team and winning its best and fairest award in 1985; despite this, Hawthorn did not wish to retain him, and it released him at the end of 1985. He trialled a pre-season at , but was also not recruited to its senior list. In 1990, Greig played for the ailing

Camberwell Football Club Camberwell Football Club was an Australian rules football club which formed around the mid-1880s, with a published match in 1886 and competed in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) between 1926 and 1990. Nicknamed the Cobras, Camberwell wo ...

in the

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. He polled ten J. J. Liston Trophy votes in only nine games, and Camberwell coach

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described Grieg's performances as the sole shining light in a winless season which turned out to be the club's last in the VFA. Greig was subsequently recruited to the

(to which the VFL had changed its name in 1990) by the

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in 1991. On debut in Round 21, 1991, at nearly 23 years of age, he compiled a league record 39 disposals (23 kicks, 16 handballs) against

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, the VFL/AFL record for most ever disposals on debut. A strongly built midfielder, he didn't progress as expected, nevertheless managed some fine games with the St Kilda and was noted for his creative handball. In August 2001, whilst playing for

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in the

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, he suffered a broken

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and

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and due to the onset of

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and infection, had his lower leg amputated.

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* * Most Disposals on AFL debu

{{DEFAULTSORT:Greig, Dean 1968 births Living people St Kilda Football Club players Camberwell Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)