Wal Gunnyon Explained

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.

Playing career

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]

War service

Gunnyon enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force in November 1915, serving in France.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: South Fremantle League Players 1900 - 2010 . South Fremantle Football Club. 11 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425040533/http://www.sffc.com.au/assets/Uploads/Player-Records-1900-2010.pdf. 25 April 2012.
  2. Web site: WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INTERSTATE FOOTBALL REPRESENTATIVES 1904 - 2010 . West Australian Football Commission . 11 October 2011.
  3. Web site: Camberwell's leader....Gunnyon's fine record . Trove Newspapers . Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic) . 16 November 2020 . 6 . 28 April 1928.
  4. Web site: W Gunnyon to plat at Oakleigh . Trove Newspapers . The Age . 16 November 2020 . 13 . 26 March 1929.
  5. Web site: 1930 - VFA Grand Final match review . Trove Newspapers . Sporting Globe . 16 November 2020 . 3 . 27 September 1930.
  6. Web site: Who's who in Oakleigh's premiership team . Trove Newspapers . Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic) . 16 November 2020 . 9 . 1 October 1930.
  7. Web site: Walter Gunnyon – Discovering Anzacs . . 10 October 2014.