Dev Dines
Australian rugby league player
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Devitt Whitton 'Dev' Dines was an Australian rugby league player from the 1950s.
Dev Dines was a five-eighth for the Western Suburbs Magpies between 1950-1951, late 1952, 1953-1957. He had transferred to Mareeba, Queensland as a player in 1952 before being sensationally recalled to the Magpies, in a bid to help the club win the 1952 Grand Final as two of their best players, Keith Holman and Frank Stanmore were away on the 1952/53 Kangaroo tour. Dines scored a try in the 1952 Grand Final side that won the premiership. Dines stayed with the Western Suburbs Magpies for a few more years before retiring.
Dev Dines was a co-founder and Life Member of the Canley Vale Junior Rugby League Football Club.