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Dick Grigg

Richard Randolph Grigg (8 June 1885 – 12 November 1972) was an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League, now Australian Football League.

The son of Thomas Tobias Grigg (1851–1930), and Katherine Douglas Grigg (1854–1946), née Williamson, Richard Randolph Grigg was born at Bellarine, Victoria on 8 June 1885. One of his brothers, Norman Cecil Grigg (1893–1945), also played VFL football with Geelong.

He married Lyla Daphne Calhoun (1888–1957), at the Cairns Memorial Presbyterian Church, in Melbourne, on 19 June 1915. They had three children.

Grigg was a brilliant utility who was skilled in all facets of the game. He was a brilliant high mark and possessed fine anticipation, great style, and plenty of dash. He was regarded as one of the VFL's most accomplished and fairest players.

Grigg played 130 consecutive matches between 1904–14, a Geelong record that stands as of 2023. After seven years out of VFL circles, he made a brief comeback to play the final two matches of 1921, at the age of 36. He was a captain for two matches.[citation needed]

He won Geelong's Best and Fairest award four times: 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1914.

He represented Victoria in interstate matches on nine occasions.

He was named in Geelong's Team of the Century.

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