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Wal Gunnyon
Australian rules footballer
Walter Gunnyon (16 May 1895 – 27 December 1972) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League and St Kilda in the VFL in the 1920s.
| Wal Gunnyon | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Walter Gunnyon | ||
| Date of birth | (1895-05-16)16 May 1895 | ||
| Place of birth | Stawell, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 27 December 1972(1972-12-27) (aged 77) | ||
| Place of death | McKinnon, Victoria | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Half forward | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1915, 1919–21 | South Fremantle | 54 (?) | |
| 1922–27 | St Kilda | 63 (21) | |
| 1928 | Camberwell | ? | |
| 1929–30 | Oakleigh | ? | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1921 | Western Australia | 2 (2) | |
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Gunnyon played four seasons with South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League, playing 54 games. He represented Western Australia in the 1921 Perth Carnival.[1][2]
In 1922 Gunnyon transferred to St Kilda in the VFL going on to play 63 games for the club, the latter games in an unfamiliar defensive role.
Gunnyon was appointed as captain / coach of the Camberwell Football Club in 1928.[3]
He moved across to newly admitted VFA club, Oakleigh in 1929[4] and played in their 1930 premiership team.[5][6]
Gunnyon enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force in November 1915, serving in France.[7]
- "South Fremantle League Players 1900 - 2010" (PDF). South Fremantle Football Club. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- "WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INTERSTATE FOOTBALL REPRESENTATIVES 1904 - 2010". West Australian Football Commission. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- "Camberwell's leader....Gunnyon's fine record". Trove Newspapers. Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 28 April 1928. p. 6. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- "W Gunnyon to plat at Oakleigh". Trove Newspapers. The Age. 26 March 1929. p. 13. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- "1930 - VFA Grand Final match review". Trove Newspapers. Sporting Globe. 27 September 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- "Who's who in Oakleigh's premiership team". Trove Newspapers. Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 1 October 1930. p. 9. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- "Walter Gunnyon – Discovering Anzacs". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- Wal Gunnyon's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Wal Gunnyon at AustralianFootball.com
- The Australasian: 1929 - Oakleigh FC - Team Photo
- Weekly Times: 1929 - Oakleigh FC - Team Photo
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