Eric Arthur Guy (18 August 1932 – 3 May 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL.

Family

The youngest of the nine children of Willie Guy (1886-1946), and Ruby May Guy (1889-1960), née Sawyer, Eric Arthur Guy was born on 18 August 1932. His older brother,

Wally Guy Walter Leslie Guy (25 October 1910 – 28 March 1978) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family One of the nine children of Willie Guy (1886–1946), and Ruby May Guy (1 ...

, played VFL football for the North Melbourne Football Club, and his nephew, Gary Guy played VFL football for the North Melbourne Football Club.

Football

Dromana (MPFL)

As a teenager, Guy played 26 games for the

Dromana Football Club Dromana is a seaside suburb on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area. Dromana recorded a population o ...

in the Mornington Peninsula Football League.

Carrum (MPFL)

He transferred to the

Carrum Football Club The Carrum-Patterson Lakes Football Club is an Australian rules football club from Melbourne, that was founded in 1909 and currently plays in Division 3 of the Southern Football League. History Football has been reported to be played in Carru ...

, also in the MPFL.

Oakleigh (VFA)

He started his top level senior career at the

Oakleigh Football Club Oakleigh Football Club, nicknamed the Devils, was an Australian rules football club from Oakleigh which played in the VFA from 1929 until 1994. Oakleigh wore purple guernseys with a gold monogram thus giving them their original nickname the P ...

in the

Victorian Football Association The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

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. In a controversial start to his career at Oakleigh, both Guy and his Carrum teammate Bill Botten played the opening match of the 1952 season before their transfer paperwork had been formally lodged, which resulted in the match, which Oakleigh had won by ten goals, being forfeited to Brunswick. Guy played 91 senior games for the club over five years.

St Kilda (VFL)

Guy did enough to catch the eye of St Kilda and they recruited him for the 1957 season. A tough and fearless half back flanker, he served as vice-captain at St Kilda for three of his six seasons, as well as representing

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in interstate football.

Longwarry (EDFL)

He led Longwarry to a premiership in 1968 in the

Ellinbank & District Football League The Ellinbank and District Football League is an Australian rules football and Netball League, based in the West Gippsland region of Victoria for smaller towns and villages in the regions of Baw Baw, South Gippsland and Cardinia. There are 1 ...

(they beat Nar Nar Goon). The side include a young schoolboy named

Peter Knights Peter Knights (born 30 March 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who represented in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Widely regarded as one of Australian football's finest centre half-backs, despite suffering numerous in ...

who would become a champion.Longwarry fight for first flag, ''The Warragul and Drouin Gazette'', 2 September 2014.
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St Kilda (VFL)

After retiring as a player Guy returned to St Kilda as an assistant to coach

Allan Jeans Allan Lindsay Jeans (21 September 1933 – 13 July 2011) was an Australian rules footballer and coach. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame at its inception in 1996. Jeans was known for his oratory and motivation skills as ...

. He stepped in to coach when Jeans was away on state duties in 1972 and later when Jeans was ill in 1974. Guy coached St. Kilda in six games for three wins.

Death

He died in

Tynong, Victoria Tynong is a town in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 66 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Cardinia local government area. Tynong recorded a population of 523 at the 2021 census. Tynong ...

on 3 May 1991.

Footnotes

References

* Fiddian, Marc: ''Devils at Play. A History of the Oakleigh Football Club'', Pakenham Gazette, Pakenham 1982.

External links

*
Eric Guy's coaching record
at AFL Tables *
Eric Guy, at ''Boyles Football Photos''.

Eric 'The Tank' Guy, at ''the VFA Project''.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guy, Eric 1932 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) St Kilda Football Club players St Kilda Football Club coaches Oakleigh Football Club players 1991 deaths