Doug Dench (29 January 1930 – 19 August 2012) was an
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
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United King ...
in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
He won a reserves premiership with Essendon in 1950 and was the reserves
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 ...
player in 1954. Dench was cleared to
Victorian Football Association side Williamstown in 1957, but did not end up playing a match for them.
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Essendon Football Club past player profile
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1930 births
2012 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Essendon Football Club players
Doutta Stars Football Club players
Redan Football Club players