David Thorpe

David Thorpe played 178 senior VFL games chiefly for Western Bulldogs, as well as Richmond between 1965 and 1976, lining up most often as a defender. On 23-0, David Thorpe's career spans 2 decades, from the 1960s to the 1970s of football.

Our era-fair model rates David Thorpe at a peak of 91 out of 100, reached in the 1960s. That figure measures David Thorpe only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1960s defender can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for David Thorpe include 1 premiership. David Thorpe also polled 59 Brownlow votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits David Thorpe with a best season of 660 disposals in 1971 and 103 career goals. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.