Gary Dempsey (Australian footballer), Date of Birth
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About Gary Dempsey (Australian footballer)
- Gary Dempsey (born 22 November 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.
- Dempsey made his debut for Footscray in 1967.
- In 1969, he spent six weeks in hospital after being burnt by a bushfire near his home in Truganina and was told he would never play football again.
- Despite this, he defied the odds to return to the playing field and then win his first club best-and-fairest award in 1970.
- Dempsey would win the club best-and-fairest award five more times, underlining his importance to the underachieving Bulldogs. Although he had won a number of individual awards, Dempsey yearned for team success and signed with North Melbourne in 1979, winning the club best-and-fairest in his first year there.
- He played out his career at the Kangaroos, playing 122 games for them, and retired in 1984.
- Dempsey was named an emergency in the Kangaroos Team of the Century.[1] Dempsey finished in the top 10 in the Brownlow Medal 13 times.
- He was named an All-Australian Team member at the 1972 Perth carnival. In 1996 Dempsey was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
- He was named as first ruckman in the Footscray's Team of the Century. Player honours: Brownlow Medal 1975 Runner-up Brownlow Medal 1970 Second highest Brownlow votes Footscray best and fairest 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 North Melbourne best and fairest 1979 Footscray captain 1971-1972, 1977–1978 Footscray/Western Bulldogs Team of the Century North Melbourne/Kangaroos Team of the Century All-Australian 1972 Victorian representative (22 games, 8 goals) Represented Australia in "The Galahs" Australian Football World Tour 1968.
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