Wal Gunnyon | |
Fullname: | Walter Gunnyon |
Birth Date: | 16 May 1895 |
Birth Place: | Stawell, Victoria |
Death Place: | McKinnon, Victoria |
Height: | 183 cm |
Weight: | 83 kg |
Position: | Half forward |
Club1: | South Fremantle |
Years1: | 1915, 1919–21 |
Games Goals1: | 54 (?) |
Club2: | St Kilda |
Years2: | 1922–27 |
Games Goals2: | 63 (21) |
Club3: | Camberwell |
Years3: | 1928 |
Games Goals3: | ? |
Club4: | Oakleigh |
Years4: | 1929–30 |
Games Goals4: | ? |
Sooyears1: | 1921 |
Sooteam1: | Western Australia |
Soogames Goals1: | 2 (2) |
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.
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]
Gunnyon enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force in November 1915, serving in France.[7]