Jack Dyer
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About
Australian Rules Footballer nicknamed Captain Blood. He became famous playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League.
Before Fame
He joined the police force in July 1935 and served for nine years.
Trivia
He was one of 12 inaugural Legends inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Family Life
In 1939, he married Sybil Margaret McCasker. They had two children, Jack Jr and Jill. After his wife's death in 1967, he met Dorothy Eskell with whom he spent 25 years.
Associated With
A journalist nicknamed him Captain Blood, after the 1935 Errol Flynn film Captain Blood.
