Kenneth James McAullay (born 29 September 1949) is a former Australian sportsman who played both first class cricket with

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and

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in the

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(WAFL). A right-handed batsman, McAullay appeared in 22 first class cricket matches and made 1251 runs. He was more successful at football, playing most of his career at fullback. Apart from being a member of a premiership winning side at East Perth he also represented his state at interstate football. He was a best and fairest winner for East Perth in 1971,

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ist in 1972 and winner of two

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s. McAullay served on the Board of VenuesWest between 2010 and 2016.

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* * 1949 births Living people Australian cricketers Western Australia cricketers Cricketers from Perth, Western Australia East Perth Football Club players All-Australians (1953–1988) West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Australian rules footballers from Perth, Western Australia {{Australia-cricket-bio-1940s-stub