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Jack Dyer

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Also known as: John Raymond Dyer
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John Nauright
Professor of Sport Management, George Mason University. Co-author of Rugby and the South African Nation and Making Men: Rugby and Masculine Identity.
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John Raymond Dyer
Born:
Nov. 13, 1913, Oakleigh, Vic., Austl.
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Aug. 23, 2003, Melbourne, Vic. (aged 89)
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Jack Dyer (born Nov. 13, 1913, Oakleigh, Vic., Austl.—died Aug. 23, 2003, Melbourne, Vic.) was an Australian rules football player renowned for his toughness. One of the game’s greatest players, he was credited with perfecting the drop punt kick (dropping the ball and kicking it before it touches the ground), heralding the demise of the drop kick and stab pass (two types of kicks that involve letting the ball hit the ground before kicking it). Nicknamed “Captain Blood” (for the popular Errol Flynn film of the time) for his fierce play, Dyer believed that “anything goes as long as you ...(100 of 206 words)

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