Arch Dickens

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1903}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Arch Dickens

| image = Arch Dickens 1932.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| fullname = Harold Arthur Dickens

| birth_date = {{birth date|1903|6|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Preston, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|5|25|1903|6|19|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = Preston

| height = 165 cm

| weight = 65 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1932

| years1 = 1923–1931

| club1 = Fitzroy

| games_goals1 = 64 (24)

| years2 = 1932

| club2 = Melbourne

| games_goals2 = 13 {{0}}(7)

| games_goalstotal = 77 (31)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Harold Arthur "Arch" Dickens (19 June 1903 – 25 May 1996) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite web|url=http://demonwiki.org/tiki-index.php?page=Arthur%20Dickens| title=Arthur Dickens| publisher=Demonwiki}}[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/A/Arthur_Dickens.html AFL Tables: Arthur Dickens]

Dickens was recruited from Preston.The Argus, [http://www.trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/1893984 "Final Practise Games"], 30 April 1923, p. 5 He played on a wing for Fitzroy in their 1923 VFL Grand Final loss to Essendon.{{cite book|last=Lovett, Michael|title=AFL 2004 – The Official Statistical History of the AFL| publisher=AFL Publishing|year=2004|isbn=0-9580300-5-7}}{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}} He was one of the last players to use the place kick when kicking for goal.{{cite news|title=1932, Round 10|work=Football Record|date=9 July 1932|page=23|url=http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=1726372.xml&dvs=1437979663493~451&locale=en_US&search_terms=&adjacency=&VIEWER_URL=/view/action/nmets.do?&DELIVERY_RULE_ID=4&divType=&usePid1=true&usePid2=true|accessdate=27 July 2015}}