Gordon Maffina

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Gordon 'Sonny' Maffina (10 January 1926 – 10 September 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played 114 games for Claremont in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL) from 1948 to 1958.

Centreman Gordon Maffina, nicknamed Sonny, arrived at Claremont from Goldfields National Football League club Boulder City. He made an immediate impact at Claremont with a Sandover Medal win in 1949 as well as being awarded his club's Best and fairest.^[1]

He represented Western Australia at the 1950 Brisbane Carnival where he was a Simpson Medalilst and appeared in a total of eight interstates matches for his state.

Appointed captain-coach of Claremont in 1952 after captaining them the previous year, Maffina remained in the role until the end of the 1953 season. He continued on as a player, returning briefly as captain-coach in 1957, but suffered from niggling injuries towards the end of his career and retired in 1958. When Claremont took out the 1964 premiership he was the assistant coach.^[2]

References

↑ John P. Devaney (2008). Full Points Footy's WA Football Companion. Lulu.com. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-9556897-1-0. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
↑ East, Alan (2006). The Sandover Medal Men. pp. 163–168. ISBN 0-9775813-0-6.

v t e Sandover Medal winners

1921: Hoft / Outridge 1922: Boyd 1923: W. Thomas 1924: Gosnell 1925: Owens 1926: Leonard 1927: Craig 1928: Rocchi 1929: Leonard / B. Thomas 1930: Flemming 1931: Richards 1932: Hough 1933: S. Clarke 1934: S. Clarke 1935: Krepp / Daily 1936: Moloney 1937: Jenkins 1938: Bunton, Sr. 1939: Bunton, Sr. 1940: O'Keefe 1941: Bunton, Sr. 1942: Bowen 1943: Moriarty 1944: Davies 1945: Bailey 1946: Loughridge 1947: Lewington 1948: McIntosh 1949: Maffina 1950: Allen / Conway 1951: Buttsworth 1952: Marsh 1953: McIntosh 1954: McIntosh 1955: Todd 1956: Farmer 1957: J. Clarke / Farmer 1958: Kilmurray 1959: Foley 1960: Farmer 1961: Beard / Sorrell 1962: Bunton, Jr. 1963: Sorrell 1964: Cable 1965: Walker 1966: Walker 1967: Parkinson / Walker 1968: Cable 1969: Brown 1970: Dalton / Walker 1971: Hollins 1972: Miller 1973: Cable 1974: Melrose 1975: Quartermaine 1976: Spencer 1977: Peake 1978: Kelly 1979: Kelly 1980: Michael 1981: Michael 1982: Narkle 1983: Cousins / Ironmonger 1984: Malaxos / M. Mitchell / Spencer 1985: Wrensted 1986: Bairstow 1987: Watson 1988: Bain 1989: Edwards 1990: Grasso 1991: Dargie 1992: West 1993: Mildenhall 1994: Dargie 1995: Treleven 1996: Wasley 1997: Anderson 1998: Bromage 1999: Seebeck 2000: Ambrose 2001: Turnbull 2002: Pickett 2003: Beros 2004: Pickett 2005: Crabb / McGrath 2006: Priddis 2007: Jones 2008: Ballantyne 2009: Young 2010: Krakouer 2011: Blackwell 2012: K. Mitchell 2013: O'Brien

The Sandover Medal has been awarded every year since 1921 to the fairest and best player in the West Australian Football League and its various incarnations.

Persondata
Name	Maffina, Gordon
Alternative names	Sonny Maffina
Short description	Australian rules footballer and coach
Date of birth	10 January 1926
Place of birth	Boulder, Western Australia
Date of death	10 September 1991
Place of death	Hollywood, Western Australia

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