46-414: Haydn Bunton may refer to: Haydn Bunton Sr. (1911–1955), Australian rules footballer Haydn Bunton Jr. (born 1937), Australian rules footballer, son of the above [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
92-761: A football club be established to be designated the Albury Football Club.' The following gentlemen were office bearers for the ensuing year – President – Mr. John Day, Treasurer and Secretary – Mr. Phillips. The committee agreed to adopt the Victorian rules of football. It appears from newspaper reports that the first match that Albury played was against the Beechworth Football Club on the Beechworth Cricket Ground, on Saturday, 8 July 1876, with Dr. Duncan captaining
138-514: A major regional city in New South Wales . Albury football and netball squads compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League . On Saturday night, 3 June 1876, upwards of twenty gentlemen of the town of Albury assembled at Day's Commercial Chambers for the purpose of establishing a football club. The chair was occupied by Mr. M P Ryan. It was resolved on the proposal of Mr. John Day 'That
184-418: A percentage of 133. Bunton would play in the first final of his career with Port Adelaide in their Second Semi-Final win against Norwood in front of 36,383 spectators at Adelaide Oval . Bunton would kick two goals during the match. The win against Norwood qualified Port Adelaide for the 1945 SANFL Grand Final against West Torrens . During the first quarter of the 1945 SANFL Grand Final, Port Adelaide kicked
230-432: A record quarter-time score for a SANFL Grand Final of 8.1 (51), which still stands today. However, this was not enough for Bunton to win his first premiership as a player with Port Adelaide, falling short by 13 points to West Torrens. The 1945 SANFL Grand Final would be Haydn Bunton Sr's last match in senior football. Bunton would be awarded two Magarey Medal votes during his 17 games for Port Adelaide in 1945, thus achieving
276-571: A result, the O&;MFA folded, with local teams attempting to apply to play in the Rutherglen & DFA. A ballot took place at a Rutherglen & DFA meeting on 29 April at Mackay's Hotel, Rutherglen which resulted in Balldale, North Albury, Rutherglen, South Albury and Wodonga being refused admission to join the association. Corowa, Excelsior and Lake Rovers were clubs that were admitted. In 1911,
322-666: A young teenager, Bunton excelled in Australian rules football , cricket , swimming , and athletics , creating many records in a number of different sports. Bunton began playing for the Albury Rovers Football Club as a 12-year-old in 1923 and twice won the league's best-and-fairest award. After winning premierships with Albury Rovers in 1926 & 1927, he moved across to the Albury Football Club , although Bunton had earlier made his debut for
368-752: The 1931 VFL season against Melbourne Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground , kicking one goal in a losing team. Bunton played as a rover/follower and achieved instant success, winning Brownlow Medals in his first two seasons (1931 and 1932 ) in the VFL. He worked in a department store during the day, and practised baulking by weaving his way through crowds of shoppers. One of his opponents, Dick Reynolds , spied on him during this activity in order to learn how to defeat his technique. During his career at Fitzroy, Bunton won five club best-and-fairest awards , in addition to his Brownlows. He
414-546: The Albury Football Club in 1924 in the Ovens and Murray Football League as a 13-year-old boy. He played for the Albury Rovers Football Club in 1926 and 1927 in the Albury and Border Football Association and kicked 4 goals in their 1926 grand final win as a 15-year-old and also played in their 1927 premiership win. He also won the club's best-and-fairest award in both 1926 and 1927. In June 1928,
460-425: The Albury Rovers Football Club in 1926 and 1927, then Albury Football Club in 1928 and 1929 and then with West Albury Football Club in 1930 and 1931. The 1936 Brownlow Medallist , Denis Ryan actually played with the Albury Rovers Football Club , in the Albury & District Football League prior to joining Fitzroy Football Club in 1935. In 1936, Border United Football Club (Albury based) would merge with
506-823: The Australian Imperial Force , Bunton was stationed in Wallgrove , Sydney, and played cricket with the Petersham Cricket Club. Bunton enlisted in the Australian Army in 1943, at Blackboy Hill , Perth and was assigned to the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps . At the time he was discharged, in April 1945, Bunton (service no. WX37750 ) was serving with the 5th Motor Ambulance Convoy and held
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#1732802136192552-662: The Sydney Cricket Ground between a combined country week team and a combined Sydney first-grade team. Bunton commenced playing Melbourne district cricket for the Fitzroy Cricket Club during the 1930/31 season and scored 104 against Prahran on Saturday, 9 January 1932. Bunton played for Fitzroy CC in their losing 1931/32 Melbourne District Cricket grand final against St. Kilda Cricket Club . All up, he played 25 First XI games for Fitzroy CC between 1930/31 and 1933/34. In 1944, while serving with
598-610: The Victorian Football League played a match against the Ovens and Murray Football League in Wangaratta , and 16-year-old Hayden Bunton was praised after the game by VFL captain Frank Maher as "being able to hold his own in any league team". In 1928, Bunton was best on ground for the Albury Football Club in their Ovens and Murray Football League grand final win against St. Patrick's FC. Bunton won
644-543: The Victorian Football League 's Permit Committee and unable to play during the 1930 VFL season for the Fitzroy Football Club despite several appeals. Bunton later claimed in a 1950 newspaper article that he had received the money for a knee operation after he tore his cartilage in the 1930 Ovens and Murray Football League grand final. His initial legal match payments were the modest sum of £2 (A$ 168 in 2020 terms) per week. He resisted offers from clubs in
690-777: The World War II recess, Albury played in the 1946, 1947 and 1948 grand finals, thus playing in 15 out of 17 grand finals, missing out in 1936 and 1938; a remarkable achievement! This club history is a continual work in progress. Albury have played in the following football competitions - Albury Football Club West Albury Football Club Border United Football Club (Albury based) Albury Football Club East Albury Football Club West Albury Football Club Border United Football Club (Albury based) Albury Senior Football Association Albury & Border Football Association The following 53 footballers played with Albury and / or (East Albury, West Albury & Border United in
736-490: The Albury FC when both clubs were short of players and both in debt and took on the name of Albury Football Club! Between 1927 and 1935, Albury Football Club and its affiliated club's participated in nine consecutive O&MFL grand finals: 1927 and 1928 – Albury; 1929, 1930, 1931 and 1932 – West Albury; 1933, 1934 and 1935 – Border United. Albury FC then played in the 1937, 1939 and 1940 grand finals. Then immediately after
782-498: The Albury Football Club was planning to divide the club into South Albury and North Albury teams, but as they were not admitted into the Rutherglen & DFA, the club went into recess in 1911. Albury FC and Rutherglen FC were admitted into the Rutherglen & DFA in 1912. After a three-year break due to World War I , the O&MFA reformed for the 1919 season with only four clubs, Border United Football Club (Corowa based), Howlong, Lake Rovers and Rutherglen. Albury Football Club
828-543: The Albury side. There appears to be no newspaper records of the Albury Football Club in 1877. On Saturday, 11 May 1878, a meeting was held at the Albury Hotel "to resuscitate the defunct football club....and that records of the original club were not extant". Dr. J C Duncan was elected president, John Wilkinson, Secretary and A Dawson, Treasurer. In April 1895 at an Ovens and Murray Football Association meeting, it
874-531: The Army's Physical Training School at Frankston and was accompanied by four Fitzroy Football Club recruits from Western Australian in April, 1942. Bunton returned to his Army unit in Perth in late May, 1942. He managed to play only two games for Fitzroy Football Club in rounds one and three of 1942 VFL season , due to his Army commitments. Bunton played in the 18-team Services Football competition in Perth, which
920-602: The Border United Football Club (Albury based) and wore green and white jumpers. In 1933 West Albury Football Club changed its name to the Albury Football Club and remained in the West Albury colours of maroon and blue. At the 1934 O&MFL Annual General Meeting, the Albury FC requested to change it football jumpers to black and yellow, which was granted. Triple Brownlow Medallist and triple Sandover Medallist , Haydn Bunton senior played with
966-586: The Brownlow three times (the others being Ian Stewart , Dick Reynolds and Bob Skilton ), and one of only five footballers to have won the Sandover at least three times (the others being Bill Walker , who won it four times; and Barry Cable , Graham Farmer and Merv McIntosh , who each won it three times). Bunton is also the only player to have averaged one Brownlow vote per game over his career, averaging 1.04 votes per game. Like cricketer Don Bradman and
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#17328021361921012-724: The Chiltern & DFA and Coreen & DFA. In 1920, Albury lost the Albury Senior Football Association semi final to Diggers. In March, 1924, Albury FC and the Diggers FC decided to amalgamate and apply for admission into the Ovens and Murray Football League as Albury Football Club. In 1927, Albury appointed former West Adelaide Football Club captain/coach and 1922 Magarey Medallist , Robert "Bobby" Barnes as coach. On 5 March 1929 at an O&MFL meeting, most club's were very much opposed to
1058-504: The O&MFL. Both Albury and St. Patrick's did not disband due to religious tension or because of sectarian lines as reported at Ovens and Murray Football League , but due to pressure and new rules placed on them by other O&MFL club's to weaken their strength and to halt player payments by these two Albury teams. These are actual documented facts as per the references/citations in the above two paragraphs. East Albury Football Club and Weir United Football Club merged in 1933 to become
1104-664: The Victorian Football Association (VFA) to play for them during the 1930 season, one club even offering him a brand-new car. After finally receiving a permit to play back in the Ovens and Murray Football League for West Albury Football Club in June 1930, Bunton was appointed captain/coach and later played in his fifth consecutive grand final. The match was against the Hume Weir Football Club who proved too good and defeated West Albury for
1150-623: The Western Australian team to a victory against St.Kilda Football Club in July, 1938. He won the Sandover Medal three times, in 1938 , 1939 and 1941, Bunton polled 17 votes in the 1940 Sandover Medal, finishing in 6th position. Altogether, Bunton had won six league best and fairest awards in only eleven seasons between the two states in which he had played. Corporal Haydn Bunton returned to Melbourne from Perth to enter
1196-559: The attention of all twelve VFL clubs. In early 1930, Bunton was treated to a farewell dinner in the Albury Town Hall, after signing with the Fitzroy Cricket Club and Fitzroy Football Club. Shortly after Fitzroy had won the race to secure his services, it was revealed that they had paid him £222 (A$ 18,750 in 2020 terms) to join, which was illegal under VFL rules. He was subsequently disqualified for 12 months by
1242-409: The award, was the first person to telegraph his congratulations, a sporting gesture that Reynolds deeply appreciated. During his period with Fitzroy, he was naturally a marked man, but almost perfect balance enabled him to keep out of trouble. He had uncanny ball sense and great speed, was a fine mark, and an accurate, if not outstanding, kick. The Secretary of Fitzroy, J. Buckley, said of Bunton: "Haydn
1288-586: The club's best and fairest award in 1928 too. In 1929, there were two Albury based teams in the Ovens and Murray Football League (East Albury & West Albury) and Bunton played for the West Albury Football Club in their 1929 Ovens and Murray Football League premiership side against East Albury and once again he was best on ground in the grand final. It was at this point after starring in four consecutive senior football premierships, that his natural Australian football ability attracted
1334-475: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haydn_Bunton&oldid=990596608 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Haydn Bunton Sr. VFL WAFL SANFL Honours Haydn William Bunton (5 July 1911 – 5 September 1955)
1380-492: The number of imported and paid players and coaches by imposing strict residential qualifications. On 17 March 1929 at an O&M meeting it was proposed that three Albury club's be formed on a territorial / residential basis, which meant that both the Albury and St. Patrick's football decided to disband and form a local Albury competition, but both clubs later decided to form both East and West Albury football club's based on strict residential boundaries and apply for admission to
1426-509: The only Aboriginal VFL player at that time, during his playing career. In 1999, historian and teacher Ken Mansell wrote "The Ballad of Haydn Bunton", a song that highlighted Bunton's great achievements. Bunton married Lylia Frances Austin at Scots' Church, Melbourne , on 22 February 1936. Albury Football Club The Albury Football Club , nicknamed the Tigers , is an Australian rules football and netball club based in Albury ,
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1472-422: The premiership. Bunton once again played a starring role up until just before half time when he injured his knee and took no further part in the match. In April, 1931 Bunton was cleared to the Fitzroy Football Club from the West Albury Football Club and his clearance was finally approved by the Victorian Football League 's Permit Committee. Bunton finally made his much anticipated VFL debut in round one of
1518-456: The professionalism and paying of players payments to Albury, Hume Weir and St. Patrick's FC footballers, in which the financial resources required were out of reach for the existing clubs - Beechworth, Corowa, Rutherglen and Wangaratta. These clubs were also opposed to the pooling of gate takings too. These clubs demanded that the Albury clubs must have certain restrictions imposed on them so the other clubs could be competitive, basically to restrict
1564-570: The racehorse Phar Lap , Bunton was a sporting champion who made life bearable for the Australian public during the dark days of the Great Depression . A brilliant runner and ball-winner, he was regarded by some historians and observers of Australian rules as its greatest-ever player. The son of Victorians Ernest Edward Bunton, a brickmaker, and Matilda Caroline, née Luhrs, Bunton was born and raised in Albury, New South Wales . As
1610-589: The rare feat of garnering votes in the VFL, WAFL, and SANFL. On Monday, 3 March 1947, the North Adelaide Football Club appointed Haydn Bunton as senior non-playing coach. North Adelaide finished in 6th position in 1947 and in 5th position in 1948. Bunton resigned as coach after the last home-and-away game in September 1948. North Adelaide Football Club went onto win the 1949 SANFL premiership , coached by Ken Farmer . Haydn Bunton
1656-496: The substantive rank of corporal . He spent the 1946 SANFL season as an SANFL football field umpire and earned a very good reputation in a very short time, umpiring the 1946 SANFL Preliminary Final, with many believing he was very stiff not to umpire the grand final the following week. In 1949, 1950 and 1951, Bunton was the feature football writer for the Adelaide newspaper The Mail . On Thursday 1 September 1955, Bunton
1702-673: Was an Australian rules footballer who represented Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL), Subiaco in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), and Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) during the 1930s and 1940s. Bunton is the only footballer to have won the Brownlow Medal and the Sandover Medal three times each. He is one of only four footballers to have won
1748-613: Was appointed captain of Fitzroy in 1932. He was runner-up for the Brownlow Medal in 1934 before winning the award for a third and final time in 1935 . While playing, Bunton also spent the 1936 VFL season as senior coach at Fitzroy, but could only manage two wins. He was also Fitzroy's leading goalkicker in 1936 and 1937 . In 1938, Bunton moved to Western Australia, taking the position of captain/coach of Subiaco , while very competitive, they failed to play finals during his coaching stints of 1938, 1939 and 1941. Bunton captained
1794-544: Was considered by fans of the sport as a player of integrity, who rarely if ever engaged in unduly rough play. His fame was enhanced by him having his own radio show on 3DB , and he had a Melbourne newspaper column when he played with Fitzroy. He later had radio programs in Perth and Adelaide. He was regarded as a sex symbol in the 1930s, and his looks were compared to those of film star Rudolf Valentino . When Essendon legend Dick Reynolds won his first Brownlow Medal in 1934 , Bunton, whom Reynolds had narrowly beaten to win
1840-474: Was critically injured when his car crashed into three gum trees 11 miles (18 km) north of Gawler, South Australia . He was alone in the car, and he was treated at the scene for severe head injuries, a punctured lung, a fractured collarbone, fractured ribs, and shock . On Saturday morning, two days later, he rallied slightly to encourage his son Haydn Jr . in an important match for North Adelaide that day, telling him: "Go out and do your best, son." Bunton
1886-417: Was decided to let both Albury and Border United Football Club (Corowa based) join the O&MFA. In 1897 Albury had their team photo taken and can be viewed via this link. In 1910, the O&MFA had only three teams – Albury, Excelsior and Rutherglen with Rutherglen winning the premiership. Then in 1911, both Excelsior and Rutherglen applied to enter the Rutherglen and District Football Association. As
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1932-774: Was declared dead on the night of Monday 5 September at the Royal Adelaide Hospital . He was buried at North Road Cemetery in Nailsworth, South Australia . In 1996, Bunton was named at left forward pocket in the AFL Team of the Century , and he was made an inaugural legend in the Australian Football Hall of Fame . Bunton was inducted into the Ovens & Murray Football League Hall of Fame in 2018 . During his playing career, Bunton
1978-521: Was divided into a 10-team A-grade competition and 8-team B-Grade competition. After being discharged from army service at the end of World War II at the age of 33, he joined Port Adelaide in the SANFL league and played 17 games during the 1945 SANFL season . Bunton would form a formidable duo with Bob Quinn , helping Port Adelaide attract record crowds for the season. At the end of the minor round, Port Adelaide had lost only two games, finishing up with
2024-524: Was reformed in early 1919 and played in the Albury Senior Football Association with two teams – South Albury and North Albury, with St. Patrick's FC defeating South Albury Football Club in the grand final on the Albury Sportsground. In 1920 the O&MFA did not reform; "It seems strange that the O&MFA has apparently been allowed to die a natural death" with only two club's present at the O&MFA – AGM, with some clubs moving to play in
2070-465: Was the greatest player ever to wear the Fitzroy jersey. He had unlimited stamina, courage, and was the quickest thinker I have ever seen." Bunton once played with Don Bradman in a New South Wales country cricket team; and, in the early 1930s, Bunton was regarded as a possible Test cricketer . According to the family of Sir Doug Nicholls , Bunton was the only Fitzroy teammate to befriend Nicholls,
2116-416: Was the most outstanding batsman in the Albury and Border Cricket Association, with an average of 149 in the 1927/28 season and averaged 127 in 1928/29, and his services were sought by many Melbourne District Cricket Clubs. In December 1928, Bunton (144), was involved in a 280-run, second-wicket partnership with William "Cassie" Andrews (146) from Maitland in a Sydney Country Week Cricket Carnival match on
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