Dick Grimmond, the classy Albury wingman who played 102 games at Tigerland from 1959-1964, and won the Best First Year player award, has died.

Grimmond died October 24th aged 86, his son Richard, a former U19s and Reserves player, told Rhett Bartlett.

Towards the end of his 7 years at Tigerland, Grimmond was a member of the 1962 Night Premiership, ran runner-up to Neville Crowe in the 1963 Best and Fairest, and was deputy vice-captain for 1964.

His last game for the Tigers in Rd 18 1964 was also the final senior mens match ever at the Punt Road Ground.

He was then traded on March 24, 1965 to North Hobart, Tasmania where he captained/coached for two seasons, thereby just missing the birth of the golden era at Richmond under Tom Hafey.

Of his 102 senior games, 94 of them were consecutive from debut. The streak eventually broken because of bruised ribs.

A passionate Richmond supporter all his life, off the field Grimmond was an accomplished singer and never said no to playing the ukelele at Pleasant Sunday Morning events at Punt Road.

He initially received a 3-month permit from NSW-Albury to Tigerland on April 11^th 1958, and was one of the club’s best players the following day in the Richmond Reserves loss to South Melbourne.

The next week against Footscray he again shone in the Reserves and was also named as an emergency alongside Tom Hafey for the senior match.

Yet it would take another year before his senior debut – Round 5 1959 against Collingwood at Punt Road, where he wore the Number 19.

_{Grimmond's debut in the Footy Record, on the right wing}

After playing 14 games in his debut season, he was awarded the Bill Cosgrove Memorial Trophy for Best First Year Player, and soon became known for his physicality on the field.

_{1959 Richmond Annual Report}

Of the 10 Night games he played across his career none were more rewarding than Richmond’s defeat of Hawthorn in 1962 to win their only Night Premiership.

_{1963 Richmond Annual Report}

After a stint in Tasmania he surprised everyone and joined Wodonga, winning two flags in 1967 and 1969. He then led Balldale in the Hume League through the entire 1972 season undefeated to secure the flag. The following year he played in a premiership for Mitta Mitta before finishing his journeyman career at Burrumbuttock.

Dick Grimmond

B: June 6 1938
D: October 24, 2024

102 Senior RFC Games / 6 goals.
7 Reserve RFC Games.
Victoria Rep: 2 games.