DARREN MONCRIEFF
Sunday 26 February 2012
TIWI Bomber Gerrard Cunningham will add a trophy to his collection named after one of the Northern Territory's greatest ever full-forwards.
Cunningham (pictured) has won the 2011/12 NTFL Premier League Dennis Dunn Leading Goalkicker Award for his 75 goals from 17 of the 18 home-and-away matches this season, an average of almost five goals per game.
Cunningham is one of six Indigenous footballers occupying the top seven spots on the league's goalkicking.
Bomber team-mate Ephrem Tipungwuti booted 58 goals, the Wanderers' Thomas Motlop 55, Waratah's Waylen Manson 42 and another Tiwi, Ross Tungatalum, 40.
Among that list was former AFL full-forward Brendan Fevola, who kicked 40 goals from just five matches for Waratah.
Dennis Dunn, after whom the award was named, terrorised opposition defences over two decades in the Top End.
The rangy full-forward holds the league record with 817 goals fom 204 matches (all with St Mary's) from 1981/82 when he made his debut to 1998/99.
A 1994 Aboriginal All Star (vs Collingwood) Dunn was inducted into the NTFL Hall of Fame in 2010.
He played in 10 premierships for St Mary's.
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