Sinclair Dickson

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Sinclair Dickson
Personal information
Full name James Sinclair Dickson
Nickname(s) Sinc[1]
Date of birth (1884-03-02)2 March 1884
Place of birth Goolwa, South Australia
Date of death 3 January 1961(1961-01-03) (aged 76)
Original team(s) Semaphore Central[2]
Position(s) Ruck Rover
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1906-1913 Port Adelaide 102 (38)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1908-1910 South Australia 7
Career highlights
  • 2x Champion of Australia (1910, 1913)
  • 3x Port Adelaide premiership player (1906, 1910, 1913)
  • 2x Port Adelaide best and fairest (1908, 1909)
  • Port Adelaide Life Member (1928)[3]
  • Magarey Medal runner up (1909)[4]
Source: AustralianFootball.com

James Sinclair Dickson (2 March 1884 – 3 January 1961) was an Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club.

Football

Sinclair Dickson was a member of three Port Adelaide premiership teams in the South Australian Football League. He also won the Port Adelaide best and fairest in consecutive years in 1908 and 1909. Sinclair Dickson was runner up for the 1909 Magarey Medal.[5] Dickson represented South Australia on seven occasions between 1908 and 1910.[6]

Sinclair Dickson served as the treasurer of the Port Adelaide Football Club during the 1920s.[7] In 1924 Sinclair Dickson took part in a charity match that pitted retired champions against a league eighteen of mostly current state carnival players with the former side winning.[8] In 1928 Sinclair Dickson was made a life member of the Port Adelaide Football Club.[9]

Outside football

In the 1930s Sinclair Dickson was the president of the Alberton Bowling Club.[10]

Family

The son of William Dickson, and Helen Dickson, née Sinclair, James Sinclair Dickson was born at Goolwa, South Australia on 2 March 1884.

He married Muriel Mary Playfair (-1928) on 11 October 1910.[11]

See also

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Three Years' Football Under False Name". News. Vol. 47, no. 7, 171. South Australia. 27 July 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 25 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. XLIII, no. 12, 780. South Australia. 28 April 1906. p. 3. Retrieved 12 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "FORMER RUCKMAN". News. Vol. X, no. 1, 492. South Australia. 26 April 1928. p. 14 (HOME EDITION). Retrieved 24 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "MOST GENTLEMANLY FOOTBALLER". The Age. No. 17, 042. Victoria, Australia. 27 October 1909. p. 12. Retrieved 24 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "MOST GENTLEMANLY FOOTBALLER". The Age. No. 17, 042. Victoria, Australia. 27 October 1909. p. 12. Retrieved 24 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Agius (2014), p.136.
  7. ^ Obituary, The (Adelaide) Register, (Friday, 2 March 1928), p.8.
  8. ^ "LEAGUE EIGHTEEN SURPRISED". News. Vol. III, no. 376. South Australia. 6 October 1924. p. 3 (HOME EDITION). Retrieved 24 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "FORMER RUCKMAN". News. Vol. X, no. 1, 492. South Australia. 26 April 1928. p. 14 (HOME EDITION). Retrieved 24 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Victor Harbour Bowlers At Alberton". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 29 March 1935. p. 11. Retrieved 24 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ Marriages: Dickson—Playfair, The (Adelaide) Register, (Monday, 7 November 1910), p.4; Deaths: Dickson, The (Adelaide) Register, (Thursday, 1 March 1928), p.8.

References

  • Agius, Matthew (2014). 2014 Port Adelaide Football Club Yearbook. South Australia: Bowden Group.
  • Jubilee of Australian Football: The Inter-State Teams: The South Australian Team, The Leader, (Saturday, 29 August 1908), p.29.
  • League Footballers: Port Adelaide, The (Adelaide) Observer, (Saturday, 29 May 1909), p.27.
  • Interstate Football: Victoria v. South Australia: South Australian Team, The (Adelaide) Chronicle, (Saturday, 26 June 1909), p.32.
  • Interstate Football on the Adelaide Oval: Victoria v. South Australia: South Australian Team, The (Adelaide) Chronicle, (Saturday, 6 August 1910), p.32.
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John Cahill Medal • Port Adelaide Football Club best and fairest winners
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1910 Champions of Australia – Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide defeated Collingwood, at Adelaide Oval
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1913 Champions of Australia – Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide defeated Fitzroy, at Adelaide Oval
Coach: Londrigan
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Port Adelaide Football Club • 1906 SAFA premiers
Port Adelaide 8.12 (60) defeated North Adelaide 5.9 (39), at Adelaide Oval
Coach: McGargill
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Port Adelaide Football Club • 1910 SAFL premiers
Port Adelaide 8.12 (60) defeated Sturt 5.11 (41), at Adelaide Oval
Coach: Hosie
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Port Adelaide Football Club • 1913 SAFL premiers
Port Adelaide 7.12 (54) defeated North Adelaide 5.10 (40), at Adelaide Oval
Coach: Londrigan
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South Australian Team – 1908 Jubilee Australasian Football Carnival
Western Australia 8.11 (59) defeated South Australia 8.5 (53), at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 22 August 1908
Victoria 10.15 (75) defeated South Australia 2.14 (26), at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 26 August 1908
South Australia 16.20 (116) defeated Tasmania 7.7 (49), at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 29 August 1908


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