Tags: Australian Rules Football Player.
Gary Dempsey (born 22 November 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League. Dempsey made his debut for Footscray in 1967. In 1969 he spent six weeks in hospital after being burnt by a bushfire near his home in Truganina and was told he would never play football again. Despite this he defied the odds to return to the playing field and then win his first club best-and-fairest award in 1970.