| John Bonney | |
| Fullname: | Daryl John Bonney |
| Birth Date: | 21 May 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Burnie, Tasmania |
| Death Place: | Cobden, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Cooee (NWFU) |
| Height: | 177 cm |
| Weight: | 71.5 kg |
| Statsend: | 1976 |
| Years1: | 1967–69, 1971–73, 1976 |
| Games Goals1: | 87 (79) |
Daryl John Bonney (21 May 1946 – 20 February 2022) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda.
A wingman recruited from the small Tasmanian club Cooee, Bonney played in the St Kilda grand final team of 1971. As an aspiring young player, he rang Collingwood hoping for a game, but was turned away. Wanting to play with a strong team, he then called St Kilda (which played in the 1966 VFL Grand Final), was accepted and played from the bench in the first game. In a career that was riddled with injuries, his nose was broken nine times, and he had a near fatal injury in which his spleen was punctured by a kick to the stomach. He missed the 1970 and 1974 VFL seasons due to family reasons and the 1972 VFL season due to a knee injury.[1]
Bonney died in Cobden, Victoria, on 20 February 2022 at the age of 75.[2] [3]