Donald 'Don' Gale is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 player who played for Wynyard and Burnie in the NWFU and for Hobart

Hobart Football Club

Hobart Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Hobart, Tasmania. They play their home fixtures at the TCA Ground on the Queens Domain, in Hobart and from 2009, the club has been a member of the Tasmanian State League.- Club history :...

 in the TFL

Tasmanian Football League

Tasmanian State League is the highest ranked Australian rules football league in Tasmania, Australia.The league has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 Tasmanian State League (TSL) (formerly known as the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), Tasmanian...

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At the 1958 Melbourne Centenary Carnival

1958 Melbourne Carnival

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, Gale became the first player from the NWFU to achieve All Australian selection.

His father, Jack Gale

Jack Gale (footballer)

Jack Gale was an Australian rules footballer who played three games in the VFL for Richmond Football Club in 1924.He returned to Tasmania and was Captain/Coach of the Wynyard Football Club from 1927 and 1928...

, played three games for the Richmond Football Club

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

 in the VFL in 1924 and two of his sons, Michael Gale

Michael Gale

Michael Gale is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL/AFL between 1985 and 1993 for the Fitzroy Football Club and then from 1994 to 1998 for the Richmond Football Club....

 and Brendon Gale

Brendon Gale

Brendon 'Benny' Gale is an influential Australian rules football sports administrator and former player from the Australian Football League....

, had lengthy AFL

Australian Football League

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careers throughout the 1990s.