Adrian Dullard
Personal information
Full name	Adrian Michael Dullard
Date of birth	(1918-01-12)12 January 1918
Date of death	6 November 1989(1989-11-06) (aged 71) [1]
Original team(s)	Pine Grove, Rochester
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s)	Ruckman, Forward
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1940–1949	Melbourne	116 (143)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949.
Career highlights
Melbourne premiership player 1941, 1948
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Adrian Michael Dullard ^[2] (12 January 1918 – 6 November 1989) ^[3] was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Dullard came under notice in 1938 with Rochester, when coached by Stewie Copeland ^[4] and when he represented the Bendigo Football League in a match against Melbourne in 1938, kicking five goals. ^{[5] [6]}

Dullard played in Melbourne's Reserves' 1939 premiership team.

He was a member of the Melbourne premiership team in 1941 and 1948. ^{[7] [8]} He kicked the game-tying goal in time-on of the final quarter during the drawn 1948 VFL Grand Final, which set up the following week's replay which Melbourne won. ^[9]

Dullard played in Melbourne's losing 1946 VFL Grand Final, where he kicked three goals.

Dullard spent 1944 in the Australian Army. ^[10]

He became captain-coach of Williamstown in the VFA in 1950 and 1951, and then continued on as a player in 1952 and 1953. He was vice-captain in the latter season. He won the most consistent player award in 1952 and played a total of 82 games for the Seagulls, kicking 111 goals. His son, Tony Dullard, also played for Melbourne and Williamstown.

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