Heinz Tonn | |
Fullname: | Heinz Gustav Tonn |
Birth Date: | 26 April 1921 |
Birth Place: | Hamburg, Germany |
Death Date: | [1] |
Originalteam: | Golden Square |
Height: | 188 cm |
Weight: | 85 kg |
Statsend: | 1947 |
Years1: | 1947 |
Club1: | Fitzroy |
Games Goals1: | 6 (2) |
Heinz Gustav Tonn (26 April 1921 - 4 April 2003) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2] Tonn, who was born in Germany, served with the Australian Army in World War II.[3] A follower, Tonn played six games for Fitzroy in the 1947 VFL season.[4] He returned to his original club, Golden Square, in 1948 and won that year's Bendigo Football League award for the best and fairest player.[5] The following season he was appointed captain-coach of Castlemaine and won the award again, for the second season in succession.