Round 1, 20 April 1963, St Kilda vs. Melbourne, at Junction Oval
Height
194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight
96 kg (212 lb)
Position(s)
Ruckman
Playing career1
Years
Club
Games (Goals)
1963–1972
St Kilda
153 (123)
1973–1975
Melbourne
053 0(35)
1976–1978
St Kilda
050 0(33)
1979–1980
Melbourne
029 00(8)
Total
285 (199)
Coaching career
Years
Club
Games (W–L–D)
1979–1980
Melbourne
43 (11–32–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1980.
Career highlights
Trevor Barker Medallist: 1968
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medallist: 1973
St Kilda captain: 1976–1977
Melbourne captain/coach: 1979–1980
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
Carl Robert Ditterich (born 10 October 1945) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also coached Melbourne for two years, as a playing coach.
Ditterich, known as the "Blonde Bombshell", made an impressive debut as a 17-year-old for St Kilda against Melbourne in the opening round of the 1963 VFL season, with his speed, high leaping and endurance noted.[1][2]
He became a tough ruckman and often appeared at the VFL Tribunal, in particular missing St Kilda's only premiership victory in 1966 through suspension.[3]
In 1973, he transferred to Melbourne under the VFL's short-lived "10-year rule",[4] which allowed players with ten years' service at one club to move to another club without a clearance,[5] before returning to St Kilda in 1976, due to his six-year deal being too expensive for Melbourne to continue.[6]
In 1979 he switched again to Melbourne to become their captain-coach for two years;[7] during this period, the Demons suffered the worst defeat in VFL/AFL history, losing to Fitzroy by 190 points in Round 17, 1979.[8]
^"Ditterich the Star Among League Recruits". The Age. 22 April 1963. p. 22.
^Carter, Ron (22 April 1963). "Courageous Saints Show Up Several Demon Faults". The Age. p. 20.
^"Ditterich Suspended: 6 games". The Age. 24 August 1966. p. 1.
^"Carl will lift us into the five". The Age. 12 February 1973. p. 20.
^The 10-year rule was introduced by the VFL in August 1972, in order to render it immune from the sorts of "restraint of trade" difficulties that were being experienced, at the time, in New South Wales in relation to Rugby League footballers. Although twenty-two VFL players were eligible under the rule, only George Bisset, Barry Davis, Ditterich, John Rantall, Adrian Gallagher, and Doug Wade, took advantage of it — transferring to Collingwood, North Melbourne, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Footscray, and North Melbourne (respectively). The rule was rescinded in May 1973.
^Sheahan, Mike (30 December 1975). "Ditterich may lead Saints". The Age. p. 18.
^Sheahan, Mike (18 January 1979). "Carl on way to coach Demons". The Age. p. 28.
^Brodie, Will (1 August 2011). "Demon legends disappointed by coach sacking". The Age. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
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