Don Discher (born 17 April 1954) is a former
Australian rules footballer who played with
St Kilda 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).
Discher was a
ruckman, who came down to St Kilda from
Ballarat. He played his first league game in the opening round of the
1978 VFL season
The 1978 VFL season was the 82nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 1 April until 30 September, and comprised a 2 ...
, against
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People As a given name
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, but didn't feature again for the rest of the year.
[AFL Tables: Don Discher]
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He missed four games through suspension in 1979, two each for striking Collingwood's Peter Moore and Terry Wight. Despite this he was still able to appear in 11 games for St Kilda in 1979.[
In the 1980s he continued to excel in the ]Ballarat Football League
The Ballarat Football League (BFL) is an Australian rules football competition that operates in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia.
The competition formed in 1893 as the Ballarat Football Association and was renamed Ballarat Football ...
, winning his second Henderson Medal in 1985, having previously won one in 1977. He also captained the league in the Winfield Country Championship.[''The Age']
"Ballarat wins country title"
2 August 1982, p. 26
References
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1954 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
St Kilda Football Club players
Ballarat Football Club players
Living people