Overview

• Brad Green, president of Melbourne Football Club, extended condolences to Dixon’s wife and family and lauded his lasting impact on the club.
• Dixon played 252 games on the wing and secured five premierships under coach Norm Smith between 1956 and 1964.
• Alongside his playing career, he served as a Victorian Liberal MP and Sports Minister from 1964 to 1982 and spearheaded the “Life. Be In It” health campaign.
• He won Melbourne’s best and fairest award in 1960 and claimed the Tassie Medal as the national carnival’s top player in 1961.
• Dixon’s contributions were immortalized with his 2010 induction into the Australian Football Hall of Fame and selection in Melbourne’s Team of the Century.