Dudley Phillips RIP

[Dee Dee 1,108]

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.

[Sir Why You Little 37,034]

The spirit of '26

often saw Dudley in the old smokers stand after match drinks....Good man.

[Vagg 2,439]

Very sad to hear of the passing of such a club stalwart! 91 is a good innings!

Vale, Dudley!

[beelzebub 23,364]

fair innings.. rip

[Biffen 12,943]

Good Luck down there Dudley.

RIP

[Devil's advocate 0]

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

[Whispering_Jack 30,054]

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.

[beelzebub 23,364]

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

[She Devil 64 21]

Good Luck down there Dudley.

RIP

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

RIP

[beelzebub 23,364]

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*

[Sideshow Bob 2,371]

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!

[Hardnut 327]

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.

[dee-luded 2,959]

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....

[Redleg 40,905]

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.

[Grapeviney 9,718]

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

RIP Dudley

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[angrydee 842]

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

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Edited September 7, 2012 by angrydee

[DemonDave 1,089]

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...

[Key Deefender 143]

"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.

[Lil_red_fire_engine 11,175]

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

[Super Demon 14]

Dudley was a great bloke.

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

RIP Dudley

[Jumping Jack Clennett 1,780]

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.

[GM11 776]

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.

[PartyTimeJohnny 537]

If you're in the members anytime soon, check out the team of the century portrait, look up the race, you'll find Dudley selling raffles

[Sir Why You Little 37,034]

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.