Dinny Dowd

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1906}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

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| name = Dinny Dowd

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| fullname = Denis Austin Dowd

| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|01|01|df=y}}

| birth_place = Fremantle, Western Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1963|11|01|1906|01|01|df=y}}

| death_place = Ballarat, Victoria

| originalteam = Nar Nar Goon

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| statsend = 1932

| years1 = 1931

| club1 = {{AFL Fit}}

| games_goals1 = 15 (1)

| years2 = 1932

| club2 = {{AFL SM}}

| games_goals2 = 2 (0)

| years3 = 1932

| club3 = {{AFL NM}}

| games_goals3 = 2 (0)

| games_goalstotal = 19 (1)

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Denis Austin Dowd (1 January 1906 – 1 November 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy, South Melbourne and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=235}}

Dowd played with a number of club's across Victoria including - Iona, Ballarat, Nhill and Nar Nar Goon prior to playing with Fitzroy.{{cite web |title=1931 - Central Gippsland Association |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205853863 |website=Trove Newspapers |publisher=The Age |access-date=13 January 2021 |pages=4 |date=21 May 1931}}

Dowd was recruited to Fitzroy after being best on ground for Nar Nar Goon in the 1930 Central Gippsland Football League grand final. {{cite web |title=1930 - Central Gippsland: Nar Nar Goon's Pennant |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223327743 |website=Trove Newspapers |publisher=Weekly Times |access-date=13 January 2021 |pages=70 |date=13 September 1930}}

Dowd won the 1934 Central Gippsland FL best and fairest award. {{cite web |title=1934 - Central Gippsland FL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10963602 |website=Trove Newspapers |publisher=The Argus |access-date=13 January 2021 |pages=14 |date=10 September 1934}}

He later became President of the Corowa Football Club in the Ovens & Murray Football League in 1951. {{cite web |title=1951 - Corowa FC - AGM |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/236929119 |via=Trove Newspapers |newspaper=The Corowa Free Press |accessdate=11 April 2020 |date=27 February 1951|page=1}}