Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Richard Alfred Dunn
- Born
- Tuesday, 10th August, 1920
- Died
- Tuesday, 11th July, 2006 (Aged 85 years and 335 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Local centre played in Easts' final win over C’bury in 1940 but it was his phenomenal performance in the 1945 final that he is best remembered. Playing lock, Dick Dunn scored 19 of his side's 22 points (3t, 5g) in a brilliant effort to defeat defending premiers Balmain. Dunn was also coach of Easts in 1960 (grand finalists) and 1962-63. He was later a vice-president of the NSWRL, a chairman of the judiciary and co-manager of Australia's tour of NZ in 1971. A Life Member of the ARL, Dunn was awarded the OAM in 1986. He passed away in 2006.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
| Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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| City Cup | 4 | 1 | 10 | - | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| NRL | 134 | 31 | 157 | - | 407 | 72 | 59 | 3 | 53.73% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 10 | 7 | 13 | - | 47 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Combined City | 1940 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Sydney Seconds | 1941 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1941, 1946 | 2 | 2 | 9 | - | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Army Firsts | 1944 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Fighting Services I | 1945 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Sydney Firsts | 1945 | 1 | - | 4 | - | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Possibles (AU) | 1946 | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1940-1946 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 75 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1938 | 13 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 46.15% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1939 | 10 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1940 | 16 | 6 | 3 | - | 24 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 68.75% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1941 | 16 | 3 | 1 | - | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 62.50% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1942 | 14 | 3 | 30 | - | 69 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 57.14% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1943 | 11 | 1 | 3 | - | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.36% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1944 | 11 | 1 | 13 | - | 29 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.36% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1945 | 16 | 12 | 57 | - | 150 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 81.25% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1946 | 13 | 1 | 37 | - | 77 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.85% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1947 | 14 | 2 | 10 | - | 26 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 28.57% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1938-47 | 134 | 31 | 157 | - | 407 | 72 | 59 | 3 | 53.73% | List | |||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual
Your Say
06/10/2019
Great coach, and one of nature’s gentleman,
I remember when I got set off when I was a has been playing in second division- had to front in town, as I walked in Baldy said what are you doing here, I told him, in those days he as on that tribunal, I got a warning.
Thanks Baldy
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