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Haydn William Bunton Sr.

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Haydn William Bunton Sr.

Birth
Albury, Albury City, New South Wales, Australia
Death
5 Sep 1955 (aged 44)
Adelaide, Adelaide City, South Australia, Australia
Burial
Nailsworth, Prospect City, South Australia, Australia Add to Map
Memorial ID
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He 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. He is the only footballer to have won the Brownlow Medal and the Sandover Medal three times each.AFL legend and in the AFL Hall of Fame

3× Brownlow Medal (1931, 1932, 1935)
3× Sandover Medal (1938, 1939, 1941)

208 Games - Fitzroy (119), Subiaco (72), Port Adelaide (17)
427 Goals - Fitzroy (207), Subiaco (190), Port Adelaide (30)

Representative Honours:
Victoria (12 games)
Western Australia (6 games)

Club honours:
Fitzroy captain (1932, 1936–1937)
Subiaco captain (1938–1939, 1941)
2× Fitzroy Best & Fairest (1934, 1935)
3× Subiaco Best & Fairest (1938, 1939, 1941)
2× Fitzroy leading goal-kicker (1936, 1937)
4× Subiaco leading goal-kicker (1938, 1939, 1940, 1941)
Coaching Record:
Fitzroy 1936 (2–0–16)
Subiaco 1938–1939, 1941 (18–42–0)
North Adelaide 1947–1948 (13–21–0)

All information from Wikipedia.

Hayden died as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash.
He 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. He is the only footballer to have won the Brownlow Medal and the Sandover Medal three times each.AFL legend and in the AFL Hall of Fame

3× Brownlow Medal (1931, 1932, 1935)
3× Sandover Medal (1938, 1939, 1941)

208 Games - Fitzroy (119), Subiaco (72), Port Adelaide (17)
427 Goals - Fitzroy (207), Subiaco (190), Port Adelaide (30)

Representative Honours:
Victoria (12 games)
Western Australia (6 games)

Club honours:
Fitzroy captain (1932, 1936–1937)
Subiaco captain (1938–1939, 1941)
2× Fitzroy Best & Fairest (1934, 1935)
3× Subiaco Best & Fairest (1938, 1939, 1941)
2× Fitzroy leading goal-kicker (1936, 1937)
4× Subiaco leading goal-kicker (1938, 1939, 1940, 1941)
Coaching Record:
Fitzroy 1936 (2–0–16)
Subiaco 1938–1939, 1941 (18–42–0)
North Adelaide 1947–1948 (13–21–0)

All information from Wikipedia.

Hayden died as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash.


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