Denis Dalton (born 10 October 1942) is a former

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er who played for Collingwood in the

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(VFL) during the 1960s and a former international lawn bowler.

Australian rules

An Old Paradian, Dalton was used mostly as a rover in his two seasons at Collingwood. He appeared in the

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and kicked a goal from the

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, in a four-point loss. Dalton later played for Preston in the

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, and finished equal-third for the

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in 1967.

Lawn bowls

He won a bronze medal at the

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in Brisbane for the Men's Pairs, with Peter Rheuben. It was the same Commonwealth Games where another former VFL player, Bob Edmond, won a silver medal for weightlifting. Eight years later he lost the bronze medal play off in the fours with Ken Woods, Dennis Katunarich and

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at the

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References

* *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. 1942 births Living people Collingwood Football Club players Preston Football Club (VFA) players Old Paradians Amateur Football Club players Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Australian male bowls players Bowls players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-bowls-bio-stub