Richard Thomas Mullaly (19 June 1892 – 11 June 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with

South Melbourne South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at ...

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).

Family

The son of William Patrick Mullaly (-1936), and Emma Mullaly, née Dillon, he was born on 19 June 1892. He married Gertrude Sarah Black (1893-1919) in 1916. They had a daughter, Catherine Marie (1918-). He married, for a second time, on 28 November 1925. His second wife was Anne Elizabeth Finn (1900-1990). Their son, Paul Richard Mullaly, Q.C., B.A., LL.B,. Dip.Theol., was a judge of the Victorian County Court from 1979 to 2001.

Football

Recruited locally from Leopold, Mullaly played mainly as a centreman during his time at South Melbourne. He participated in South Melbourne's 1912 and 1914 VFL Grand Final losses.AFL Tables: Dick Mullaly
/ref> Mullaly continued to serve South Melbourne after his retirement in the role of Club Secretary, a position he held for 12 years — with the collection of players recruited from interstate in 1932/1933 becoming known as South Melbourne's "Foreign Legion". He was awarded life membership in 1940. He was also a selector for the Victorian interstate team and helped pick the side which competed in the

1933 Sydney Carnival The 1933 Sydney Carnival was the eighth edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football interstate competition. The carnival was held in Sydney over an eleven-day period between Wednesday 2 August and Saturday ...

Death

Dick Mullaly died on 11 June 1971.Deaths; Mullaly, ''The Age'', (Monday, 14 June 1971), p.12.
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Notes

References

Writ for Slander: Against Football Club Secretary, ''The Age'', (Thursday 11 April 1935), p.12.

Night Football: To The Editor of the Sporting Globe (letter from R. T. Mullaly), ''The Sporting Globe'', (Saturday, 20 April 1935), p.7.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mullaly, Dick 1892 births Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Sydney Swans players Leopold Football Club (MJFA) players 1971 deaths People from Port Melbourne