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David Sykes (footballer)

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David Sykes
Personal information
Full name David Sykes
Date of birth (1942-10-04)4 October 1942
Original team(s) Commonwealth Bank[1]
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s) Ruck
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1961–63, 1967–68 Fitzroy 34 (37)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1968.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

David Sykes (born 4 October 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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.[2][3]

He was later both a state and league coach in Sydney.

References

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  2. ^ AFL Tables: David Sykes
  3. ^ The Age,"Ready made coach on doorstep", 13 September 1966, p 14.