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Dudley Phillips RIP

Dee Dee
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Many, many of you will have met or know of Dudley Phillips not just through his weekly raffle for the club but also through his unstinting support for the MFC.

Sadly Dudley passed away today aged 91.

RIP.

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    The spirit of '26

    often saw Dudley in the old smokers stand after match drinks....Good man.
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    Very sad to hear of the passing of such a club stalwart! 91 is a good innings!

    Vale, Dudley!

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    fair innings.. rip

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    Good Luck down there Dudley.

    RIP

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    Lovely bloke who ran a great raffle and collected loads of dough for the club.

    Not sure if anyone ever won though!

    RIP Dudley. You'll always be remembered.

    lol...love it
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    Good Luck down there Dudley.

    RIP

    Good Luck UP there Dudley I would have thought. A great character and all round good bloke.

    RIP

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    Good Luck UP there Dudley I would have thought. A great character and all round good bloke.

    RIP

    hes a through a nd through Demon.....we dont go there ( up ) *wink*
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    Legend of the club.

    Used to run between his legs to get into the rooms as a kid in the early 80's - no one was allowed in unless you had a pass or knew Dudley or if you were under 10! Great memories. Won the Dudley raffle 3 times! Crappy printed signatures on a crappy plastic red and blue footy - absolutely loved them!

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    Lovely bloke who ran a great raffle and collected loads of dough for the club.

    Not sure if anyone ever won though!

    RIP Dudley. You'll always be remembered.

    Beautifully said WJ - I remember Dudley as a very friendly gentleman who seemed to know, and be known by, everyone in the crowd - RIP Dudley.

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    Many, many of you will have met or know of Dudley Phillips not just through his weekly raffle for the club but also through his unstinting support for the MFC.

    Sadly Dudley passed away today aged 91.

    RIP.

    Ah, geez, another one gone...

    R.I.P Dudley....

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    RIP Dudley, I can remember going to the footy and saying hi every week. Lovely man and will be sorely missed.

    Same with me. Condolences to his family and friends.

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    Separated me from my money many times. Great bloke. RIP

    edit - typing as usual

    Edited by angrydee

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    RIP Dudley. May the clubs raffle carry your name proudly in perpetuity.

    Worth noting that he got a gig in our 'Team of the Century' print too in a nice touch by artist Jamie Cooper at the time...

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    "Players raffle, 3 for 2 dollars"...

    RIP Dudley

    ".... or 10 for 5......." which he used to rip off the butt with unerring accuracy..

    The numbers would come up on the big screen for 5 seconds while the game was on and then disappear forever!

    He sometimes gave us the word on any late changes too before they were common knowledge.

    A lovely man and a true Demon.

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    Lovely bloke who ran a great raffle and collected loads of dough for the club.

    Not sure if anyone ever won though!

    RIP Dudley. You'll always be remembered.

    I watched my Auntie buy 5 raffle tickets from Dudley every week we went to the footy as far back as I can remember. I am pretty sure we have a signed footy from a mid 80's MFC team somewhere. Almost as many wins as the Dee's them selves.

    RIP Dudley

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    Dudley was a great bloke.

    I along with many others have purchased a fair few of his raffle tickets over many years.

    RIP Dudley

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    What a great Demon supporter he was. What a lot of our great Club History he saw.

    Fortunately he's been pretty unaware of our recent demise.

    He really did deserve to be in the team of the century painting as our no. 1 supporter.

    He was in with the inner sanctum but never "bignoted" at all. He couldn't be drawn to comment on controversial issues within the Club.

    I remember asking him what he thought about the merger debate during that terrible time. He was non- committal, but I'm sure he wanted to stick by his mate Ridley, though at the same time he wanted our club to continue as it was. A real case of divided loyalty .

    He'll always be remembered fondly by long term Demon fans.

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    Separated me from my money many times. Great bloke. RIP

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    Never met him in person, but he is still separates me from my money at every game. RIP.

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    Wow. I have looked at that painting 100's of times. Never noticed Dud. How disgraceful of me!! I will now...pity 2012 was his last. He deserved so much better.

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