Reported on the Official club website that dual Best and Fairest winner Dave Cuzens has died aged 88.
The original gun Tiger No.4.
RIP
The original gun Tiger No.4.
RIP
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Vale Dave Cuzens
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I was a bit young so never saw Dave play.
Found this online. Must have been a damn fine player.
Originally from Bassendean, Dave Cuzens was trekking around Australia on a motor bike when he stopped in Kalgoorlie to have a look around. He obviously liked what he saw, because the 'look around' became a four-year stay, during which time he established himself as a footballer of the highest quality with Kalgoorlie City, playing in the club's 1953 and 1954 premiership teams and winning the 1955 fairest and best award.
In 1957 he was recruited by Richmond where he reinforced his already high reputation with a series of brilliant performances on the last line of defence. Strong overhead, a thumping kick, and a superb reader of the play, he won Tiger best and fairest awards in 1958 and 1959, and was a VFL representative in 1959 and 1960. Between 1957 and 1961 he played a total of 69 VFL games, and was club vice-captain in 1960 and 1961.
In 1962 he returned to the west as captain-coach of Subiaco, playing 13 games that year before carrying on in a non-playing capacity in 1963. Cuzens was not a success as a coach, and during the 1963 season he was deposed, and replaced by Bob Browning. He made a brief playing comeback with East Perth in 1964, adding a final five WANFL games to his tally before retiring.
Author - John Devaney
Found this online. Must have been a damn fine player.
Originally from Bassendean, Dave Cuzens was trekking around Australia on a motor bike when he stopped in Kalgoorlie to have a look around. He obviously liked what he saw, because the 'look around' became a four-year stay, during which time he established himself as a footballer of the highest quality with Kalgoorlie City, playing in the club's 1953 and 1954 premiership teams and winning the 1955 fairest and best award.
In 1957 he was recruited by Richmond where he reinforced his already high reputation with a series of brilliant performances on the last line of defence. Strong overhead, a thumping kick, and a superb reader of the play, he won Tiger best and fairest awards in 1958 and 1959, and was a VFL representative in 1959 and 1960. Between 1957 and 1961 he played a total of 69 VFL games, and was club vice-captain in 1960 and 1961.
In 1962 he returned to the west as captain-coach of Subiaco, playing 13 games that year before carrying on in a non-playing capacity in 1963. Cuzens was not a success as a coach, and during the 1963 season he was deposed, and replaced by Bob Browning. He made a brief playing comeback with East Perth in 1964, adding a final five WANFL games to his tally before retiring.
Author - John Devaney
Another player from the 50's Ray Allsopp passed away last week.
54 games/69 goals as a rover 1955-59, runner-up in the b&f, initiated the forerunner to Auskick and received an Order of Australia for services to sport.
Article posted on the club website today after family apparently requested the news to be held over.
54 games/69 goals as a rover 1955-59, runner-up in the b&f, initiated the forerunner to Auskick and received an Order of Australia for services to sport.
Article posted on the club website today after family apparently requested the news to be held over.
