Dick Parton

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1917}}

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| birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=65737 |title=World War Two Nominal Roll:Richard Parton |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia}}

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| careerhighlights = * Grogan Medallist 1949

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Richard Parton (12 September 1917 – 20 April 2006) was an Australian rules footballer who achieved notable success in his home state of Queensland.

Playing for Windsor in the Queensland Australian National Football League, he was awarded the Grogan Medal in 1949{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49679928 |title=OLD RIVALS WILL MEET. |newspaper=The Courier Mail |location=Brisbane |date=9 September 1949 |page=9}} during the latter stages of his career. He represented his state in his sport numerous times over his career, including a match in 1939 against New South Wales in which he kicked nine goals.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40850397 |title=PARTON UNBEATABLE IN THE AIR. |newspaper=The Courier Mail |location=Brisbane |date=10 July 1939 |page=10}}{{cite web|title=Dick Parton|url=http://www.aflq.com.au/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-p-t/dick-parton/|publisher=AFL Queensland|accessdate=29 January 2018}} He served as captain of the Queensland team between 1946 and 1947.

In 2003, he was named at centre half-forward in the Queensland Team of the Century.{{cite web |title=Queensland Team of the 20th Century: Half Forward Line |url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/QToC_half_forwards.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607202648/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/QToC_half_forwards.htm |archive-date=2011-06-07 |accessdate=29 January 2012 |url-status=usurped |publisher=Full Points Footy}}