Talk:Jack Dyer

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The claim that he won Champion Of The Colony award is disputed as there is no evidence that such an award was ever given to Victorian footballers. RossRSmith (talk) 12:06, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

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Error in 1996 John Balmain painting

The main, and most important aspect of this entry was removed by some individual who has never saw the original press photograph immediately beside the disappointing, but otherwise spectacular painting by Balmain; and, therefore, this important historical information is being suppressed.

In the 1944 Preliminary Final, which was held at the Junction Oval, between Richmond and Essendon on Saturday 23 September 1944, Dyer played at full forward. Led by a four goal burst by Dyer, Richmond had an amazing first quarter, from which Essendon never really recovered, scoring 8.2 (50) to 0.5 (5). Although Essendon outscored Richmond 12 goals to 8 in the last three quarters, Richmond went on to win the match 16.12 (108) to 12.15 (87).

In the last quarter, Dyer fearlessly burst away from the pack and, freeing himself from three opponents, ran towards the Lake end of the ground, kicked a goal. It was his ninth goal for the day.

The moment of him breaking away from the pack, with his eyes so firmly fixed on the goals, was captured in the now famous newspaper photograph.[2] It is very clear from viewing the actual press photograph that, in addition to some white strapping on his left thumb, Dyer was wearing his trademark dirty knee bandage on his left knee.

In 1996, the year the AFL celebrated the VFL/AFL centenary, it issued a set of four magnificent paintings by John Balmain of Ron Todd, Jack Dyer, John Coleman, and Alex Jesaulenko. All were taken from famous photographs; Dyer's was taken from the famous photograph of his break to score his ninth goal.

Unfortunately, despite the importance of the painting to the AFL in its 1996 centenary year, a very serious and glaring factual error was left unchecked in Balmain’s painting of Dyer in full flight. Driven by a lack of knowledge of Dyer and his knee injury, and the difference between the 1996 and 1944 treatment of sports injuries, Balmain totally misinterpreted the photographer’s image of the the natural whiteness of Dyer’s post-long-winter leg, and the grubbiness of his favourite knee bandage, and went on to paint Dyer’s left leg as if he had no knee bandage at all and, as well, as if he was wearing an elastic thigh bandage of a sort that AFL footballers were not to encounter for at least another 30 years.

Balmain's painting also appears on the front cover of Brian Hansen's 1996 book, The Jack Dyer Story: The Legend of Captain Blood.

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