| Gary Dhurrkay | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Gary Dhurrkay | ||
| Date of birth | (1974-03-04)4 March 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Northern Territory | ||
| Date of death | 21 August 2005(2005-08-21) (aged 31) | ||
| Place of death | Arnhem Land,Northern Territory | ||
| Original team(s) | East Fremantle | ||
| Draft | pre-draft selection, 1995,Fremantle | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1994–1998 | East Fremantle Football Club | 46 (59) | |
| 1995–98 | Fremantle | 51 (46) | |
| 1999–2000 | Kangaroos | 21 (20) | |
| 2000 | South Fremantle Football Club | 4 (5) | |
| Total | 123 (130) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2000. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Gary Dhurrkay (4 March 1974 – 21 August 2005) was anAustralian rules footballer andAboriginal Australian community leader.
Dhurkkay was a part of theEast Fremantle Football Club 1994 premiership in theWAFL. He then played forFremantle in its 1995 inauguralAFL season.
In 1998, he was relegated back to theWAFL (known as "Westar Rules" during the period 1997-2001) for much of the year and played in theEast Fremantle Football Club1998 premiership. At the end of the season he was delisted by Fremantle.
TheNorth Melbourne AFL Kangaroos gave him a second chance when they selected him at #31 in the1998 AFL Draft. Dhurrkay played 21 games in the 1999 and 2000 seasons atNorth Melbourne Football Club. He retired in mid-2000 to focus on his Aboriginal cultural beliefs and became a leader of the Marngarr[1] community inArnhem Land,Northern Territory.
At about 5am on 21 August 2005, Dhurkkay died in a car accident on Melville Bay Road, Arnhem Land, NT when his car rolled over and he was thrown from the vehicle. He was 31 years of age at the time of his death.[2]
