Dennis Aspinall (born 25 July 1947) is a former
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
Fitzroy Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to:
People As a given name
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**FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855)
** Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beau ...
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).
A Reservoir Colt, Aspinall played Under-19s football for Fitzroy. He spent two seasons with the seniors, playing three games in 1966 and six games in 1967.
[AFL Tables: Dennis Aspinall]
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Aspinall played for Eltham in 1968 and won the Diamond Valley Football League'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 ...
award that year.
He was also a professional runner and competed in Stawell Gift
The Stawell Gift is Australia's oldest and richest short-distance running race. It is the main event in an annual carnival held on Easter weekend by the Stawell Athletic Club, with the main race finals on the holiday Monday, at Central Park, St ...
s.[''Maroondah Leader']
"Master all-rounder excels"
, 15 November 2009, Shaun Campbell
References
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1947 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Fitzroy Football Club players
Eltham Football Club players
Living people