Wal Gunnyon

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

Playing career

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]

War service

Gunnyon enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force in November 1915, serving in France.[7]

References
  1. "South Fremantle League Players 1900 - 2010" (PDF). South Fremantle Football Club. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  2. "WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INTERSTATE FOOTBALL REPRESENTATIVES 1904 - 2010". West Australian Football Commission. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  3. "Camberwell's leader....Gunnyon's fine record". Trove Newspapers. Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 28 April 1928. p. 6. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. "W Gunnyon to plat at Oakleigh". Trove Newspapers. The Age. 26 March 1929. p. 13. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  5. "1930 - VFA Grand Final match review". Trove Newspapers. Sporting Globe. 27 September 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  6. "Who's who in Oakleigh's premiership team". Trove Newspapers. Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 1 October 1930. p. 9. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  7. "Walter Gunnyon – Discovering Anzacs". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
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