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McDiarmid was the oldest of four brothers who each played football in
Western Australia. His brother, Norman, played senior football for West Perth and the state team, and the two other brothers, Robert and Ron, played junior and reserves football for West Perth. Their father, Frederick McDiarmid,
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McDiarmid was one of the largest WAFL players at the time, in terms of both height and size, standing just under 6 feet (1.8 m), and weighing 15 stone 10 pounds (100 kg) at his peak. In 1929,
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in the ruck, with
Marinko serving as "tap" ruckman and McDiarmid as ruck "
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Australia
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described McDiarmid as "the most rugged and effective
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372:(SAFA), and emigrated to Western Australia in 1900.
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902:McDiarmid
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485:Footnotes
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429:‹See Tfd›
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355:in 2004.
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757:Flemming
657:Archived
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473:See also
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447:follower
405:Adelaide
376:Football
323:Source:
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919:Watling
897:Gosnell
887:Ashdown
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368:in the
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245:1924–30
172:1923–34
145:Ruckman
914:Tetley
859:Farmer
752:France
417:Sydney
359:Family
314:(2004)
306:(2000)
133:Weight
125:Height
909:Scott
892:Craig
841:Foley
836:Tyson
831:Valli
719:Price
229:Years
212:Total
207:6 (2)
156:Years
107:Perth
81:Perth
57:"Fat"
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785:Heal
747:Boyd
403:and
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233:Team
192:1935
160:Club
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