Bill Gunn (footballer)

Bill Gunn
Personal information
Birth 4 March 1932
Recruited from Williamstown
Height and weight 183 cm / 82 kg
Playing career¹
Team(s)

South Melbourne (1952-59)

  • 104 games, 101 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1959 season

William Gunn (born 4 March 1932) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1950s.

A half-forward flanker, Gunn finished equal fifth in the 1958 Brownlow Medal and was a regular Victorian interstate representative. He captained South Melbourne for the 1955 VFL season, topping their goal-kicking the following season with 28 goals.

Gunn is the grandfather of Western Bulldogs and Greater Western Sydney player Callan Ward. [1]

References

  1. ^ http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/grandson-of-a-gunn-20100304-plra.html

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