Steven O'Dwyer
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Steven O'Dwyer 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...

er who played for Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....

 in the VFL/AFL
Australian Football League
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.

A redheaded lanky ruckman, O'Dwyer won the 1988 Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal
The Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Memorial Trophy is awarded to the Melbourne Football Club player judged Best and Fairest for the season.It is named in honor of Keith 'Bluey' Truscott, a former dual premiership player and World War II fighter ace killed in 1943....

 for Melbourne's best and fairest player, helping the club reach their first Grand Final since 1964. However, he missed the decider after being suspended for striking Carlton's Steven Da Rui
Steven Da Rui
Steven Da Rui is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....

 in the Preliminary Final.

O'Dwyer was traded to Richmond for a draft pick (Darren Kowal
Darren Kowal
Darren Kowal is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Australian Football League during the 1990s....

) at the end of 1991. Injuries forced O'Dwyer into retirement a year later only managing five games with the tigers.

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