Full name David Christy | Original team(s) Ballarat Name David Christy | |
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Date of birth (1870-07-03)3 July 1870 Date of death 2 July 1919(1919-07-02) (aged 48) Place of death Adelaide, South Australia | ||
Place of birth Ballarat, Victoria | ||
David "Dolly" Christy (3 July 1869 – 2 July 1919) was an Australian rules footballer in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).
Christy was a highly successful ruckman and centre half-forward who was one of the founders of football in Western Australia. He began his career with Ballarat, and crossed to Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football Association from 1891 until 1896.
He became a driving force in establishing football in Western Australia, playing senior football for 16 years in the west. He played with Fremantle and with Imperials, and upon the latter club's dissolution, was a co-founder of East Fremantle Football Club in 1898.
His career total of 345 matches in elite football remained a record until broken by Polly Farmer in 1971. His career total of ten premierships is a record for elite Australian rules football (equal with Alfred "Topsy" Waldron).
In 1996 Christy was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. In 2004 he was inducted to the WA Football Hall of Fame.