Dick Reynolds, known as King Richard, was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League. Born on 20 June 1915 and died on 2 September 2002, he was one of seven children and the brother of Tom Reynolds. He grew up supporting Carlton, won his first Brownlow Medal in 1934, narrowly beating Fitzroy champion Haydn Bunton Sr., and is one of four footballers to have won three Brownlow Medals, the others being Haydn Bunton Sr., Bob Skilton and Ian Stewart. In July 1944 he passed Billy Griffith's club record of 187 games. He is revered by Essendon supporters, and the club enjoyed a golden era in the 1940s and 1950s with him as captain-coach.
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was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club
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