| Adrian Dullard | |
| Fullname: | Adrian Michael Dullard |
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1918 |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Height: | 185 cm |
| Weight: | 83 kg |
| Position: | Ruckman, Forward |
| Statsend: | 1949 |
| Years1: | 1940–1949 |
| Club1: | Melbourne |
| Games Goals1: | 116 (143) |
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Adrian Michael Dullard[2] (12 January 1918 – 6 November 1989)[3] was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Dullard came under notice in 1938 with Rochester, when coached by Stewie Copeland[4] and when he represented the Bendigo Football League in a match against Melbourne in 1938, kicking five goals.[5] [6]
Dullard played in Melbourne's Reserves' 1939 premiership team.
He was a member of the Melbourne premiership team in 1941 and 1948.[7] [8] He kicked the game-tying goal in time-on of the final quarter during the drawn 1948 VFL Grand Final, which set up the following week's replay which Melbourne won.[9]
Dullard played in Melbourne's losing 1946 VFL Grand Final, where he kicked three goals.
Dullard spent 1944 in the Australian Army.[10]
He became captain-coach of Williamstown in the VFA in 1950 and 1951, and then continued on as a player in 1952 and 1953. He was vice-captain in the latter season. He won the most consistent player award in 1952 and played a total of 82 games for the Seagulls, kicking 111 goals. His son, Tony Dullard, also played for Melbourne and Williamstown.