John Bonney

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1946–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = John Bonney | image = | fullname = Daryl John Bonney | birth_date = {{birth date|1946|05|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Burnie, Tasmania | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|02|20|1946|05|21|df=y}} | death_place = Cobden, Victoria | originalteam = Cooee (NWFU) | height = 177 cm | weight = 71.5 kg | position = | statsend = 1976 | years1 = 1967–69, 1971–73, 1976 | club1 = {{AFL StK}} | games_goals1 = 87 (79) | careerhighlights = }}

'''Daryl John Bonney''' (21 May 1946 – 20 February 2022) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda.<ref>{{Ref AFL Encyc|10th|78}}</ref>

A wingman recruited from the small Tasmanian club Cooee, Bonney played in the St Kilda grand final team of 1971.<ref>{{Ref AFL Encyc|4th|53}}</ref> As an aspiring young player, he rang Collingwood hoping for a game, but was turned away. Wanting to play with a strong team, he then called St Kilda (which played in the 1966 VFL Grand Final), was accepted and played from the bench in the first game. In a career that was riddled with injuries, his nose was broken nine times, and he had a near fatal injury in which his spleen was punctured by a kick to the stomach. He missed the 1970 and 1974 VFL seasons due to family reasons and the 1972 VFL season due to a knee injury.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EskQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4ZADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2628,1189908&dq=john-bonney+st-kilda&hl=en St Kilda], ''The Age'', 5 March 1973.</ref>

Bonney died in Cobden, Victoria, on 20 February 2022 at the age of 75.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/tributes/notice/death-notices/bonney-john/5893227/ |title=Tribute: John Bonney |work=Herald Sun}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/tributes/notice/death-notices/bonney-john/5893238/ |title=Death Notice: Bonney, John |work=Herald Sun}}</ref>

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