Ernest "Bung" Newling (26 June 1876 – 30 November 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the

Victorian Football League 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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/ref> Newling, who was blind in one eye, played as a defender and follower. He arrived to the club from

Geelong West Geelong West is a commercial and residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. When Geelong was founded, the area was known as Kildare but its name was changed to Geelong West in 1875. The main street is Pakington Street. At the 2016 c ...

. He was just the third Geelong player to appear in 150 league games, after

Teddy Rankin Edwin Walter "Teddy" Rankin (11 March 1872 – 31 July 1944) was an Australian rules footballer, originally with Riversdale, who began playing with Geelong in the VFA in 1891, and later played in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Fami ...

and

Henry Young Sir Henry Edward Fox Young, KCMG (23 April 1803 – 18 September 1870) was the fifth Governor of South Australia, serving in that role from 2 August 1848 until 20 December 1854. He was then the first Governor of Tasmania, from 1855 until 1861. ...

. Despite his disability with the use of one eye, he managed to make 148 with Geelong B side against Belmont in a 1901/02 Geelong Cricket Association First Eleven Match. He is buried at the East Geelong Cemetery Humble Street side.

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1876 births 1944 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents Geelong West Football Club players Geelong Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub