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Maurie Hunter

Maurice Harold Hunter (5 March 1904 – 31 October 1987)[1] was an Australian rules football player who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1929 and 1933 for the Richmond Football Club.

Maurie Hunter
Personal information
Full name Maurice Harold Hunter
Date of birth (1904-03-05)5 March 1904
Date of death 31 October 1987(1987-10-31) (aged 83)
Place of death Fitzroy, Victoria
Original team(s) St Patrick's - OMFL
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 72.5 kg (160 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929–1933 Richmond 81 (159)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1933.
Career highlights
  • Richmond captain, 1931
  • Richmond premiership player, 1932
  • Interstate games: 4
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Football edit

Prior to joining Richmond he played in four premiership teams with St Patrick's of Albury (NSW) between 1923 and 1928. In 1928 he kicked 19 goals in a semi-final against Wangaratta in the Ovens & Murray Football League.[2][3]

He left St Patricks in 1929 for Richmond, two years later they made him captain. He was a premiership player in 1932 and the clubs best and fairest in 1933.

In 1934 he was captain / coach of Camberwell in the VFA for the first part of the season,[4] until Horrie Mason took over from Hunter after seven games. Hunter then left Camberwell in July, 1934 to play with Richmond Districts FC in the Melbourne Sub Districts Football Association.[5]

He later coached the Richmond YCW Under 16 team to six premierships between 1940 and 1950.

Death edit

he died at Fitzroy, Victoria on 31 October 1987.[6]

Notes edit

  1. ^ "Maurie Hunter - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  2. ^ "1928 - O&M Semi final match review". Trove Newspapers. Weekly Times. 25 August 1928. p. 76. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  3. ^ Eager to see Hungter, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 1 June 1929), p.6.
  4. ^ "1934 - Hunter leads Camberwell". Trove Newspapers. Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 14 April 1934. p. 6. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. ^ "1934 - Association Permits". Trove Newspapers. The Argus. 5 July 1934. p. 14. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  6. ^ Deaths: Hunter, The Age, (Monday, 2 November 1987), p.27.

References edit

External links edit

  • Maurie Hunter's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • Maurie Hunter, at The VFA Project.
  • 1929 - M Hunter Caricature

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