Australian Football

Known, perhaps inevitably, as ‘Sally’, David Saywell was a tall (192 cm), thinly built half forward who knew how to use his cleverness, pace and height to obtain numerous possessions, as well as to kick plenty of goals. Saywell booted 380 goals for Central District in precisely 150 league games between 1969 and 1979 (missing the whole of 1975), topping the club’s list twice, in 1970 with 50 goals, and in 1974 with 68.

Author - John Devaney