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Maurie Hunter

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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

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.

Football

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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

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

Notes

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  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.

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