Dev Dines

Australian rugby league footballer

Dev Dines

Personal information

Full name

Devitt Whitton Dines

Born

1931

Died

2 March 2018 (aged 86–87)
Tamworth, New South Wales

Playing information

Position

Five-eighth

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1950–57	Western Suburbs	58	24	10	0	92

Source: ^[1]

Devitt Whitton 'Dev' Dines (1931–2018) was^{[citation needed]} an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s.

Playing career

Dines was a five-eighth for Western Suburbs between 1950-1951, late 1952, 1953-1957. He had transferred to Mareeba, Queensland as a player in 1952 before being sensationally recalled to Western Suburbs, in a bid to help the club win the 1952 Grand Final as two of their best players, Keith Holman and Frank Stanmore were away on the 1952/53 Kangaroo tour.

Dines scored a try in the 1952 Grand Final side that won the premiership. Dines stayed with Western Suburbs for a few more years before retiring. In total, Dines made 58 appearances for Wests.^[2]

Dines was a co-founder and Life Member of the Canley Vale Junior Rugby League Football Club.^[3] He died in Tamworth, New South Wales on 2 March 2018 aged 90.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Dev Dines – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)
^ FOXSPORTS PULSE, Dev Dines
^ "Vale: NRL in Memoriam 2018". 29 December 2018.
^ "Western Suburbs Magpies First Grade Players". Wests Magpies.