Kevin Dynon

Kevin James Dynon (11 August 1925 - 8 September 2017) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (VFL).

Kevin Dynon
Personal information
Full name Kevin James Dynon
Date of birth (1925-08-11)11 August 1925
Place of birth Kensington, Victoria
Date of death 8 September 2017(2017-09-08) (aged 92)[1]
Original team(s) North Colts
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1943–1954 North Melbourne 149 (83)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1955–1956 Moorabbin (VFA) 41 (26–15–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early years

Dynon was brought up in Kensington, Victoria and attended St. Joseph's CBC North Melbourne between 1936 and 1940 where he attained his Intermediate Certificate. He was noted for his overall athletic prowess and exceptional sporting ability which allowed him to become a member of the school's tennis, cricket, handball and football teams at various times. In 1940 he earned the title of college captain and was the senior sports champion, winning the 90 yards hurdles, broad jump, high jump and coming second in the 100 yards sprint (under 16). In the same year he acted as captain of the handball team and the athletics squad.[2]

Military

Barely 18 years of age, he enlisted into the Royal Australian Air Force and served in the AFHQ Telecommunication Unit until his discharge as a leading aircraftman in March 1946.[3] During his war service he survived a cyclone in Exmouth, Western Australia by sheltering under a truck after all the base buildings had been blown away.[4] Following his discharge he resumed work in the Federal Public Service.[5]

Football career

Dynon was appointed captain of North Melbourne Football Club in 1947 at age 21, the youngest captain of the club until 1972 when David Dench was appointed at just 20.[6] In 1951, playing with the North Old Boys', he was part of the team which won the Premiership in the Combined Catholic Old Collegians' Association.

In 1952 and 1953 he renewed his captaincy of the Kangaroos, five years after being first appointed.[7]

In 1955 Dynon joined Moorabbin Football Club, in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) as captain-coach.[8]

References
  1. "KEVIN JAMES DYNON". The Age. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. St. Joseph's North Melbourne (1940) Cynosura. North Melbourne, Christian Brothers
  3. "World War II Service: Kevin James Dynon". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  4. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
  5. Review of St. Joseph's Christian Brothers' College North Melbourne; Golden Jubilee 1903-1953. (Magazine) Christian Brothers, North Melbourne, 1953
  6. "Take Two: Youngest Captains".
  7. Lovett, Michael, ed. (2005). AFL Record Guide to Season 2005. Melbourne, Victoria: AFL Publishing. p. 184. ISBN 0-9580300-6-5.
  8. Devaney, John. Kevin Dynon. (Webpage) Retrieved 20 February 2014 from http://australianfootball.com/players/player/kevin+dynon/7029
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