Sinclair Dickson
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James Sinclair Dickson (2 March 1884 – 3 January 1961) was an Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club.
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | James Sinclair Dickson | ||
| Nickname(s) | Sinc[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 March 1884 | ||
| Place of birth | Goolwa, South Australia | ||
| Date of death | 3 January 1961 (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 | |||
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| Source: AustralianFootball.com | |||
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]
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