Dennis Blair (born 20 August 1951) 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 for Footscray in the

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(VFL) during the 1970s. Blair holds a place in the history of the

Subiaco Football Club The Subiaco Football Club, nicknamed the Lions and known before 1973 as the ''Maroons'', is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). It was founded in 1896, and admitted to the WAF ...

as a member of their drought-breaking 1973 premiership team and

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winner for his performance at centre half back. He was picked up by Footscray later in the decade and spent three seasons in the VFL. Dennis Blair has had a career as an eminent civil engineer in local government. His work at the city of

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spanned over thirty years and he is currently Director of Asset Services with the Shire of Kalamunda. Dennis is still an avid Western Bulldogs supporter. He is married to Jenny and is a grandfather.

References

Bibliography

*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Blair, Dennis 1951 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Western Bulldogs players Subiaco Football Club players