John Donald Gaudion (23 July 1910 – 24 August 1993) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with

North Melbourne North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. North Melbourne recorded a population of 14,953 at the ...

and

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...

in the

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(VFL).

Family

The son of John Richard Gaudion (1878–1914), and Margaret Robina Parkhill Gaudion (1884–1964), née Cunningham,Deaths: Gaudion, ''The Age'', (Monday, 30 November 1964), p.16.
/ref> John Donald Gaudion was born at

Footscray, Victoria Footscray is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Maribyrnong local government area. Footscray recorded a population of 17,131 at the . Footscray ...

on 23 July 1910. He was the uncle of North Melbourne player Michael Gaudion (1938–2021), the brother of North Melbourne footballer Charles Henry "Charlie" Gaudion (1904–1979), and the nephew of Collingwood footballer Francis Charles "Frank" Gaudion (1882–1952).

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* * 1910 births 1993 deaths Australian rules footballers from Melbourne North Melbourne Football Club players Geelong Football Club players Yarraville Football Club players People from Footscray, Victoria {{AFL-bio-1910-stub