Don Seymour (footballer) explained

Don Seymour
Fullname:Donald George Seymour
Birth Date:16 March 1916
Birth Place:Albury, New South Wales
Death Place:Shepparton, Victoria
Originalteam:Albury
Height:170 cm
Weight:67 kg
Statsend:1939
Years1:1939
Games Goals1:2 (0)

Donald George Seymour (16 March 1916 – 23 July 1986) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Seymour was recruited to Footscray from the Albury Football Club in the Ovens & Murray Football League and won the Footscray Reserves best and fairest award in both 1938 and 1939.[2] He made two appearances in the Footscray senior team, both in 1939.

Seymour was also a professional athletic foot-runner who ran in the Stawell Gift.[3]

Seymour served in the Australian Army during World War II from 1940 to 1945[4] and also played with the South Sydney Football Club during these years.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 803.
  2. Web site: 1939 – Footscray FC – Best & Fairest . Trove Newspapers . Border Morning Mail . 30 September 1939. 6.
  3. Web site: 1941 – Ex Albury footballer for Stawell Gift. . Trove Newspapers . Border Morning Mail . 5 April 2020. 3.
  4. Web site: Seymour . Donald . Mr. . Department of Veteran Affairs . DVA.
  5. Web site: 1942 – South Sydney FC History . nswfootballhistory.com.au/great-football-in-sydney-during-wwii/ . NSW Football History.