Maurice Harold Hunter (5 March 1904 – 31 October 1987) was an Australian rules football player who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1929 and 1933 for the Richmond Football Club.

Football

Prior to joining Richmond he played in four premiership teams with St Patrick's of

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(NSW) between 1923 and 1928. In 1928 he kicked 19 goals in a semi-final against Wangaratta in the Ovens & Murray Football League. He left St Patricks in 1929 for , two years later they made him captain. He was a premiership player in 1932 and the clubs best and fairest in 1933. In 1934 he was captain / coach of Camberwell in the VFA for the first part of the season, until

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took over from Hunter after seven games. Hunter then left Camberwell in July, 1934 to play with Richmond Districts FC in the Melbourne Sub Districts Football Association. He later coached the Richmond YCW Under 16 team to six premierships between 1940 and 1950.

Death

he died at Fitzroy, Victoria on 31 October 1987.Deaths: Hunter, ''The Age'', (Monday, 2 November 1987), p.27.
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Notes

References

* Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996.

External links

*
Maurie Hunter, at ''The VFA Project''.

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1904 births 1987 deaths Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Richmond Football Club players Richmond Football Club Premiership players Camberwell Football Club players Camberwell Football Club coaches One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1904-stub