Iconic Photograph
An iconic photograph of Dyer breaking away from the pack, with his eyes so firmly fixed on the goals, was captured in the last quarter of the 1944 Preliminary Final in which Richmond defeated Essendon, primarily due to Dyer's nine goals. His performance that day one is of the best individual performances by a Richmond player in their history.
The photograph has been the basis for the logo of The Footy Show, Mitch Mitchell's statue of Dyer at Punt Road Oval and in a painting by John Balmain, commissioned by the AFL to celebrate their centenary season in 1996 that was used on the front cover of Brian Hansen's 1996 book, The Jack Dyer Story: The Legend of Captain Blood.
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