Derek Chadwick
Australian sportsman (1941–2025)
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Derek Chadwick (21 March 1941 – 22 October 2025) was an Australian sportsman, playing both first-class cricket with Western Australia and Australian rules football for East Perth in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL).[1]
Busselton, Western Australia, Australia
| Derek Chadwick | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Derek Chadwick | ||
| Born |
21 March 1941 Busselton, Western Australia, Australia | ||
| Died | 22 October 2025 (aged 84) | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1959–1972 | East Perth | 269 (63) | |
| Source: AustralianFootball.com | |||
Chadwick was a right-handed opening batsman who made 4082 runs at 34.30 during his first-class cricket career, with 9 centuries. He toured New Zealand with the Australian team in 1969-70. As a footballer he was a wingman and played an at-the-time club record 269 games for East Perth, winning their best and fairest award, the F.D. Book Medal twice. In 1964 he won a Simpson Medal for his performances with the Western Australian state team in tours of Melbourne and Adelaide, and was inducted into the WAFL Hall of Fame in 2004.[2][3] Chadwick died on 22 October 2025 at the age of 84.[1]
