# Dick Hingston
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{{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
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| caption =
| fullname = Richard David Hingston
| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|12|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Ballarat](/source/Ballarat), Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|12|3|1915|12|16|df=y}}
| death_place = [Newcastle, New South Wales](/source/Newcastle%2C_New_South_Wales)
| originalteam = St Patrick's, Ballarat; [Ballarat Imperials](/source/Ballarat_Imperials_Football_Club)
| height = 177 cm
| weight = 84 kg
| position = Half back
| statsend = 1946
| years1 = 1938–1941, 1946
| club1 = [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne_Football_Club)
| games_goals1 = 64 (0)
| careerhighlights =
}}
'''Richard David Hingston''' (16 December 1915 – 3 December 1999)[{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Dick%2BHingston/6312|title=Dick Hingston – Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=19 December 2014}}] was an [Australian rules football](/source/Australian_rules_football)er who played for [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne_Football_Club) in the [Victorian Football League](/source/Australian_Football_League) (VFL).[{{cite news|last=Anderson|first=Jon|title=Flag-winning Demon dies|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=9 December 1999|page=97}}]
==Family==
The son of Thomas James Hingston (1881–1948),[[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172500408 Mr. J. T. Hingston, ''The (Melbourne) Advocate'', (Thursday, 15 November 1948), p. 21.]] and Margaret Jane Hingston (1883–1959), née Larkins, Richard David Hingston was born at [Ballarat](/source/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](/source/Jack_Collins_(footballer%2C_born_1904))) 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](/source/Ballarat_Imperial_Football_Club) in the [Ballarat Football League (BFL)](/source/Ballarat_Football_League), and was coached by ex-Footscray footballer [Jack Wunhym](/source/Jack_Wunhym).[[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article180866151 Hingston A Find, ''The Sporting Globe'', (Wednesday, 13 July 1938), p. 8.]]
===Melbourne (VFL)===
Having displayed impressive form in the club's 1938 pre-season training,[[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205921260 Melbourne: Hingston Impresses, ''The Age'', (Wednesday, 30 March 1938), p. 16.]] and having been granted a clearance from Ballarat Imperials to Melbourne on 22 April 1938,[[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11159119 Strang, Crowe Cleared: Many Football Permits, ''The Argus'', (Saturday, 23 April 1938), p. 15.]] Hingston played his first senior match for Melbourne, against [Fitzroy Football Club](/source/Fitzroy_Football_Club), at the [Brunswick Street Oval](/source/Brunswick_Street_Oval), on [7 May 1938 (round 3)](/source/1938_VFL_season).
Hingston was a half-back flanker in Melbourne's [1939](/source/1939_VFL_Grand_Final) and [1940](/source/1940_VFL_Grand_Final) premiership teams.
He missed out on a third successive premiership in [1941](/source/1941_VFL_season) when, despite appearing in their semi final win over [Carlton](/source/Carlton_Football_Club), Hingston was not selected for the [Grand Final](/source/1941_VFL_Grand_Final) which [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne_Football_Club) went on to win.
The defender did not make any appearances for the next four years due to his military service,[[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/12685233 Taylor, Percy, "Melbourne are Proud of their Great War Record", (Saturday, 24 June 1944), p. 23.]] but returned in [1946](/source/1946_VFL_season) 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)](/source/North_Central_Football_League).[[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22422602 Coaches Appointed, ''The Argus'', (Monday, 28 April 1947), p. 12.]]
==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==
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* {{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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Category:1915 births
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Melbourne Football Club players
Category:Australian Army personnel of World War II
Category:Australian Army soldiers
Category:Ballarat Imperial Football Club players
Category:Melbourne Football Club premiership players
Category:VFL/AFL premiership players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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