Walter Gunnyon (16 May 1895 – 27 December 1972) was an

Australian rules 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 ...

footballer who played with South Fremantle in the

West Australian Football League The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, ...

and St Kilda in the VFL in the 1920s.

Playing career

Gunnyon played four seasons with South Fremantle in the

, playing 54 games. He represented Western Australia in the

1921 Perth Carnival The 1921 Perth Carnival was the fourth edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football interstate competition, staged in August 1921. It was the first carnival to take place in Perth and was won by the home state ...

. 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

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in 1928. He moved across to newly admitted VFA club, Oakleigh in 1929 and played in their 1930 premiership team.

War service

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

Notes

References

'Leander', "Personal Stories of Leading Footballers of the Day: A Champion from West Australia: "Wally" Gunnyon a Real Discovery for St. Kilda", ''The (Melbourne) Herald'', (Saturday, 1 July 1922), p.5.
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External links

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The Australasian: 1929 - Oakleigh FC - Team PhotoWeekly Times: 1929 - Oakleigh FC - Team Photo
1895 births 1972 deaths People from Stawell, Victoria Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents South Fremantle Football Club players St Kilda Football Club players Oakleigh Football Club players Camberwell Football Club players Camberwell Football Club coaches Australian rules footballers from Fremantle Australian military personnel of World War I Military personnel from Western Australia {{AFL-bio-1895-stub