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Captain Blood in bronze
Samantha Lane
afl.com.au
2:24:59 PM Sun 21 September, 2003
Richmond has unveiled a larger-than-life sized bronze statue of club legend Jack Dyer at its Punt Road headquarters.
The imposing sculpture of Dyer, who passed away last month, was created by Zimbabwean-born artist Mitch Mitchell. It stands over three metres tall and looks over to the MCG.
Among those at the launch on Sunday were members of the Dyer family, Bob Davis, former Richmond president Leon Daphne, senior coach Danny Frawley, captain Wayne Campbell and Essendon coach and former Tiger player Kevin Sheedy.
It took Mitchell four months to create the sculpture, which depicts Dyer running with a ball held closely to his hip.
The photograph that inspired the statue was taken during the 1944 preliminary final against Essendon, when Dyer kicked nine goals.
Mitchell, who covered his studio with pictures of his subject while he was working, said he had kept a rough texture on the bronze to create an impression of Dyer’s ruggedness.
“My prior sculptures I’ve smoothed off a bit, but I tended to roughen this up a little bit, it was more loosely modelled because sometimes less is more and it kind of gives him a bit of cragginess I think.”
“I took a little bit of time to read about him to find out what the man was all about,” he said.
The statue was donated to the club by David Mandie, who also selected the pose for the sculpture, and was launched by Federal Minister for the Arts and Sports, Rod Kemp.
Sheedy said he hoped the statue would inspire passers by to take an interest in football’s history.
“You’ll come through the park and see this big, strong faced man looking at you, and it’ll make you stop and read his history,” he said.
Samantha Lane
afl.com.au
2:24:59 PM Sun 21 September, 2003
Richmond has unveiled a larger-than-life sized bronze statue of club legend Jack Dyer at its Punt Road headquarters.
The imposing sculpture of Dyer, who passed away last month, was created by Zimbabwean-born artist Mitch Mitchell. It stands over three metres tall and looks over to the MCG.
Among those at the launch on Sunday were members of the Dyer family, Bob Davis, former Richmond president Leon Daphne, senior coach Danny Frawley, captain Wayne Campbell and Essendon coach and former Tiger player Kevin Sheedy.
It took Mitchell four months to create the sculpture, which depicts Dyer running with a ball held closely to his hip.
The photograph that inspired the statue was taken during the 1944 preliminary final against Essendon, when Dyer kicked nine goals.
Mitchell, who covered his studio with pictures of his subject while he was working, said he had kept a rough texture on the bronze to create an impression of Dyer’s ruggedness.
“My prior sculptures I’ve smoothed off a bit, but I tended to roughen this up a little bit, it was more loosely modelled because sometimes less is more and it kind of gives him a bit of cragginess I think.”
“I took a little bit of time to read about him to find out what the man was all about,” he said.
The statue was donated to the club by David Mandie, who also selected the pose for the sculpture, and was launched by Federal Minister for the Arts and Sports, Rod Kemp.
Sheedy said he hoped the statue would inspire passers by to take an interest in football’s history.
“You’ll come through the park and see this big, strong faced man looking at you, and it’ll make you stop and read his history,” he said.
