About David Sykes
Lived 1942 – 2023 (aged 80). David Sykes was an australian rules football player.
David Arthur Sykes (4 October 1942 – 11 May 2023) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Footballer Sykes, who was recruited out of the Victorian Amateur Football Association, played as a forward and ruckman for Fitzroy. He had two stints at the club and in between spent some time as captain-coach of Cobden, in the Hampden Football League.
On 6 July 1963, playing at Centre half-back, he was a member of the young and inexperienced Fitzroy team that comprehensively and unexpectedly defeated Geelong, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the 1963 Miracle Match.
Sykes, North Albury won the 1964 Ovens & Murray Football League best & fairest award, the Morris Medal with Jim Sandral, Corowa, both on 22 votes.
He was later both a state and league coach in Sydney.
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Who was David Sykes?
Australian rules footballer (1942-2023)
When was David Sykes born?
David Sykes was born on 4 October 1942.
When did David Sykes die?
David Sykes died on 11 May 2023.
What was David Sykes's occupation?
David Sykes was an australian rules football player.
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· DBpedia: David Sykes (footballer)
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