Matthew Dick

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Matthew Dick

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|11|03|df=y}}

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| originalteam = Calder Cannons

| draftpick = No. 64, 2012 National Draft, {{AFL Syd}}

| height = 187 cm

| weight = 90 kg

| position = Defender / Midfielder

| statsend = 2016

| years1 = 2015–2016

| club1 = {{AFL Car}}

| games_goals1 = 6 (0)

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Matthew Dick (born 3 November 1994) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Dick was drafted in the third round of the 2012 National Draft by {{AFL Syd}}.{{Citation | last = Edmund | first = Sam | date = 24 October 2014 | title = Carlton poised to sign former Sydney Swans defender Matthew Dick as delisted free agent | periodical = Herald Sun | url = http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/carlton-poised-to-sign-former-sydney-swans-defender-matthew-dick-as-delisted-free-agent/story-fni5f5nx-1227101230736 }} He spent two years on their list but did not get a senior game and was delisted. Dick was signed by {{AFL Car}} as a delisted free agent during the 2014 free agency period.{{Citation | last = Edmund | first = Sam | date = 6 November 2014 | title = Carlton signs Matthew Dick, confident in age-gap filling recruiting strategy | periodical = Herald Sun | url = http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/carlton-signs-matthew-dick-confident-in-agegap-filling-recruiting-strategy/story-fni5f5nx-1227115130193 }} He made his debut against {{AFL StK}} in Round 4, 2015, and played a total of six senior games in his debut season for the club.{{Citation | date = 27 April 2015 | title = We look at every team after Round 4 and how they are shaping up in The Barometer | periodical = Herald Sun | url = http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/we-look-at-every-team-after-round-4-and-how-they-are-shaping-up-in-the-barometer/story-fnp04d70-1227322915629?sv=ff1270ab97a15b5a91b2b097b68f8654}}

In August 2016, Dick was delisted from Carlton.{{cite news|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-08-30/blues-cull-three-as-ruckman-retires|title=Blues cull three as ruckman retires|last=Bowen|first=Nick|date=30 August 2016|work=AFL.com.au|publisher=Bigpond|access-date=30 August 2016}}