Gordon Eric "Gerry" Daly (19 January 1915 – 6 August 1977) was an
Australian rules footballer who played with
Melbourne
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in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL).
Daly was born in
Numurkah
Numurkah ( ) is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Goulburn Valley Highway, north of Shepparton, in the Shire of Moira. At the , Numurkah had a population of 4,768.
History
The area was occupied by the Yorta Yorta people prior t ...
but recruited from the
Sandhurst Football Club
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The club teams currently compete in t ...
of
Bendigo. He experienced considerable team success during his short VFL career, not playing in a loss until his 14th appearance.
Daly was also a member of Melbourne's
1941 premiership team, as a
forward pocket
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. He kicked one of only two career goals in the 29-point grand final win.
[
From 1942 to 1945, he did not feature in the VFL due to the war, during which time he served with the ]Australian Army
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.Taylor, Percy, "Melbourne are Proud of their Great War Record", ''The Australasian'', (Saturday, 24 June 1944), p.23.
/ref> He returned to Melbourne in the 1946 season, but would play just three games.[
]
References
External links
DemonWiki profile
1915 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Melbourne Football Club players
Sandhurst Football Club players
Australian Army personnel of World War II
1977 deaths
Australian Army soldiers
Melbourne Football Club premiership players
VFL/AFL premiership players
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