{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Dick Hingston | image = Dick Hingston 1940.jpg | alt = | caption = | fullname = Richard David Hingston | birth_date = {{birth date|1915|12|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Ballarat, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1999|12|3|1915|12|16|df=y}} | death_place = Newcastle, New South Wales | originalteam = St Patrick's, Ballarat; Ballarat Imperials | height = 177&nbsp;cm | weight = 84&nbsp;kg | position = Half back | statsend = 1946 | years1 = 1938–1941, 1946 | club1 = Melbourne | games_goals1 = 64 (0) | careerhighlights = }} '''Richard David Hingston''' (16 December 1915 – 3 December 1999)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Dick%2BHingston/6312|title=Dick Hingston – Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=19 December 2014}}</ref> was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref>{{cite news|last=Anderson|first=Jon|title=Flag-winning Demon dies|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=9 December 1999|page=97}}</ref>

==Family== The son of Thomas James Hingston (1881–1948),<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172500408 Mr. J. T. Hingston, ''The (Melbourne) Advocate'', (Thursday, 15 November 1948), p. 21.]</ref> and Margaret Jane Hingston (1883–1959), née Larkins, Richard David Hingston was born at Ballarat on 16 December 1915.

==Football== ===Ballarat Imperials (BFL)=== Although invited two years earlier by the Melbourne Football Club (when playing for the "Junior" team, C.Y.M.S., coached by ex-Melbourne footballer, Jack Collins) to play football in Melbourne, he had been unable to find suitable employment.

Remaining in Ballarat, he played "Senior" football with the Ballarat Imperial Football Club in the Ballarat Football League (BFL), and was coached by ex-Footscray footballer Jack Wunhym.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article180866151 Hingston A Find, ''The Sporting Globe'', (Wednesday, 13 July 1938), p. 8.]</ref>

===Melbourne (VFL)=== Having displayed impressive form in the club's 1938 pre-season training,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205921260 Melbourne: Hingston Impresses, ''The Age'', (Wednesday, 30 March 1938), p. 16.]</ref> and having been granted a clearance from Ballarat Imperials to Melbourne on 22 April 1938,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11159119 Strang, Crowe Cleared: Many Football Permits, ''The Argus'', (Saturday, 23 April 1938), p. 15.]</ref> Hingston played his first senior match for Melbourne, against Fitzroy Football Club, at the Brunswick Street Oval, on 7 May 1938 (round 3).

Hingston was a half-back flanker in Melbourne's 1939 and 1940 premiership teams.

He missed out on a third successive premiership in 1941 when, despite appearing in their semi final win over Carlton, Hingston was not selected for the Grand Final which Melbourne went on to win.

The defender did not make any appearances for the next four years due to his military service,<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/12685233 Taylor, Percy, "Melbourne are Proud of their Great War Record", (Saturday, 24 June 1944), p. 23.]</ref> but returned in 1946 for one final season.

===Wycheproof (NCFL)=== In 1947 he was cleared from Melbourne to the Wycheproof Football Club in the North Central Football League (NFL).<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22422602 Coaches Appointed, ''The Argus'', (Monday, 28 April 1947), p. 12.]</ref>

==Footnotes== {{Reflist}}

==References== * Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. * [http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=487046 Second World War Nomininal Roll: Corporal Richard David Hingston (VX82103 (V132490, V31110)).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128164839/http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=487046 |date=28 November 2018 }}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{AFL Tables|ref=D/Dick_Hingston.html}} * {{AustralianFootball|ref=dick%2Bhingston/6312}} * [http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/tiki-index.php?page=Dick+Hingston Dick Hingston] at Boyles Football Photos. *[http://demonwiki.org/tiki-index.php?page=Dick+Hingston Demon Wiki profile]

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