{{short description|Australian rules footballer (1895-1972)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Wal Gunnyon | image = | fullname = Walter Gunnyon | birth_date = {{birth date|1895|05|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Stawell, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1972|12|27|1895|05|16|df=y}} | death_place = McKinnon, Victoria | height = 183 cm | weight = 83 kg | position = Half forward | club1 = South Fremantle | years1 = 1915, 1919–21 | games_goals1 = 54 (?) | club2 = St Kilda | years2 = 1922–27 | games_goals2 = 63 (21) | club3 = Camberwell | years3 = 1928 | games_goals3 = ? | club4 = Oakleigh | years4 = 1929–30 | games_goals4 = ? | sooyears1 = 1921 | sooteam1 = Western Australia | soogames_goals1 = 2 (2) | careerhighlights = }}
'''Walter Gunnyon''' (16 May 1895 – 27 December 1972) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League and St Kilda in the VFL in the 1920s.
==Playing career== Gunnyon played four seasons with South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League, playing 54 games. He represented Western Australia in the 1921 Perth Carnival.<ref name="southfreoplayers">{{cite web | url=http://www.sffc.com.au/assets/Uploads/Player-Records-1900-2010.pdf | title=South Fremantle League Players 1900 - 2010 | publisher=South Fremantle Football Club| accessdate=11 October 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425040533/http://www.sffc.com.au/assets/Uploads/Player-Records-1900-2010.pdf|archivedate=25 April 2012}}</ref><ref name="stateplayers">{{cite web | url=http://wafootball.com.au/resources/doc_download/17-wa-state-representatives | title=WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INTERSTATE FOOTBALL REPRESENTATIVES 1904 - 2010 | publisher=West Australian Football Commission | accessdate=11 October 2011}}</ref>
In 1922 Gunnyon transferred to St Kilda in the VFL going on to play 63 games for the club, the latter games in an unfamiliar defensive role.
Gunnyon was appointed as captain / coach of the Camberwell Football Club in 1928.<ref>{{cite web |title=Camberwell's leader....Gunnyon's fine record |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/184266374 |website=Trove Newspapers |publisher=Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic) |accessdate=16 November 2020 |pages=6 |date=28 April 1928}}</ref>
He moved across to newly admitted VFA club, Oakleigh in 1929<ref>{{cite web |title=W Gunnyon to plat at Oakleigh |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204213494 |website=Trove Newspapers |publisher=The Age |accessdate=16 November 2020 |pages=13 |date=26 March 1929}}</ref> and played in their 1930 premiership team.<ref>{{cite web |title=1930 - VFA Grand Final match review |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/182997784/20695743# |website=Trove Newspapers |publisher=Sporting Globe |accessdate=16 November 2020 |pages=3 |date=27 September 1930}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Who's who in Oakleigh's premiership team |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/182997886 |website=Trove Newspapers |publisher=Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic) |accessdate=16 November 2020 |pages=9 |date=1 October 1930}}</ref>
==War service== Gunnyon enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force in November 1915, serving in France.<ref name="naa">{{cite web|url=http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/186017 |title=Walter Gunnyon – Discovering Anzacs |publisher=National Archives of Australia |accessdate=10 October 2014}}</ref>
==Notes== {{Reflist}}
==References== * [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243650592 'Leander', "Personal Stories of Leading Footballers of the Day: A Champion from West Australia: "Wally" Gunnyon a Real Discovery for St. Kilda", ''The (Melbourne) Herald'', (Saturday, 1 July 1922), p.5.]
==External links== *{{AFL Tables}} *{{AustralianFootball}} *{{WAFL FootyFacts}} *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/12056124/ The Australasian: 1929 - Oakleigh FC - Team Photo] *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/23973002/ Weekly Times: 1929 - Oakleigh FC - Team Photo]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gunnyon, Wal}} Category:1895 births Category:1972 deaths Category:People from Stawell, Victoria Category:Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents Category:South Fremantle Football Club players Category:St Kilda Football Club players Category:Oakleigh Football Club players Category:Camberwell Football Club players Category:Camberwell Football Club coaches Category:Australian rules footballers from Fremantle Category:Australian military personnel of World War I Category:Military personnel from Western Australia
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