Dale Weightman

Dale Weightman was born on 3 October 1959 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League. Known as The Flea, he was recognised as one of the finest rovers of his era, valued for his aggression, courage, evasive skills and constructive handpassing. A product of the Mildura Imperials junior sides, he debuted for Richmond in 1978 and kicked a goal with his first kick, and he won respect for staying loyal to the club through its crisis period in the late 1980s. He represented Victoria in interstate matches, played his last game in the final round of 1993, and was named in Richmond's Team of the Century and, in 2001, in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.