Bill Gunn | |
Birth Date: | 4 March 1932 |
Originalteam: | Williamstown (VFA) |
Height: | 183 cm |
Weight: | 82 kg |
Statsend: | 1959 |
Years1: | 1952–1959 |
Club1: | South Melbourne |
Games Goals1: | 104 (101) |
William Gunn (4 March 1932 – 23 March 1991)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1950s.
A half-forward flanker, Gunn finished equal fifth in the 1958 Brownlow Medal and was a regular Victorian interstate representative. He captained South Melbourne for the 1955 VFL season, topping their goal-kicking the following season with 28 goals.
Gunn is the grandfather of former Western Bulldogs player and captain Callan Ward.[2]