BirthJuly 161991

Dylan Grimes

Dylan Grimes, Australian Rules footballer

Everything on July 16Original source

In context

When
Tuesday, July 16 199135 years ago
Category
BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
Era
20th century · 1990s
Recorded from
Wikipedia “On this day” feed
Person
Dylan Grimes

At a glance

Born 1991-07-16.

Known as: Australian rules football player.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Dylan Grimes is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a three-time premiership player with the club, winning in 2017, 2019 and 2020. In 2019 he was selected in the All-Australian team and was the recipient of the AFL Players Association's Robert Rose Most Courageous Player Award. Grimes was announced as co-captain alongside Toby Nankervis ahead of the 2022 season.

Early life

Educated at: Loyola College.

Early life and junior football Grimes grew up on a hobby farm in Panton Hill , 32 kilometres north-east of Melbourne . [ 1 ] He played junior football at Hurstbridge in the Northern Football League before playing TAC Cup football with the Northern Knights in 2009. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was educated at Diamond Valley College [ 4 ] and Loyola College [ 5 ]

Path and career

Honours and achievements Team 3× AFL premiership player ( Richmond ) : 2017 , 2019 , 2020 McClelland Trophy ( Richmond ) : 2018 Individual All-Australian : 2019 AFLPA Robert Rose Most Courageous Player Award : 2019 Maurie Fleming Medal (3rd place, Richmond B&F) : 2019 2× Kevin Bartlett Medal (5th place, Richmond B&F) : 2017 , 2018 All-Australian squad nominee : 2018, 2020 AFL Rising Star nominee : 2012 2× Francis Bourke Award (RFC players award) : 2017, 2018

Why this date

Dylan Grimes appears on our July 16 calendar for 1991 as a birth entry.

July 16 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1991Dylan Grimes
  2. 2004Millennium Park
  3. 2005Antonov An-24
  4. 20072007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake
  5. 20082008 Chinese milk scandal
  6. 2009Teoh Beng Hock
  7. 2013Bihar school meal poisoning incident
  8. 2013Syrian civil war
  9. 2013Bihar
  10. 2015United States Marine Corps
  11. 2019Mumbai

Also in 1991

  • September 9TajikistanTajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
  • September 11Continental Express Flight 2574Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.
  • March 14EscondidaEscondida, one of the most productive copper mines in the world, was officially inaugurated.
  • September 12Space Shuttle DiscoveryNASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-48 to deploy the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.
  • September 17EstoniaEstonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
  • September 17LinuxThe first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
  • September 5Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
  • October 201991 Uttarkashi earthquakeAn earthquake struck the Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing at least 768 people and destroying thousands of homes.

Everything we record for 1991 →

Sources

Cite this page

“Dylan Grimes”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/event/dylan-grimes-1991-july-16, accessed October 26, 2026.

Cite the underlying source as well — the source links above go to the record this entry is adapted from.

Questions about this entry

When did Dylan Grimes happen?

July 16 1991 — 35 years ago, on a Tuesday.

Where does this text come from?

Wikipedia “On this day” feed. Summaries are short adaptations that link back to the source, not reprints.

How do I cite this page?

Use the ready-made citation near the sources at the bottom of the page, and follow the source link to cite the underlying record as well.

Text adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0 and from Wikidata (CC0). Images come from Wikimedia Commons; credit and licence are shown with each image. Editorial entries are © What's On This Date. Sources & licensing · How this site works.