All Essendon supporters can farewell club legend Dick Reynolds at Windy Hill this Friday at noon. The funeral of Essendon's greatest ever player will be held at St Pauls Cathedral in the city at 10.15am on Friday. The cortege will then leave St Pauls and travel up Napier Street to Windy Hill. Weather permitting the hearse will also drive onto Windy Hill, doing a lap of the centre square (weather permitting) before pausing in front of the Dick Reynolds Stand. The family will then accompany the hearse to a private burial.
Bombers' supporters are invited to line Napier Street outside Windy Hill or be seated in the Dick Reynolds Stand to pay a final tribute to a man named Essendon's greatest ever player last Friday night. It is certain to be an emotional farewell from supporters. Essendon players will also form a guard of honor for Reynolds' hearse to pass through.
And the AFL will also be paying tribute to Reynolds prior to this weekend's commencement of the 2002 finals' series. The AFL is producing a three-minute tribute video which will be played prior to players running onto the ground. At the Essendon v West Coast match players will also pause for 15 seconds to reflect on the career of Dick Reynolds before the national anthem.
