Jack Wunhym

Jack Wunhym
Jack Wunhym
Personal information
Full name	Jack Wunhym
Date of birth	31 May 1908
Date of death	23 July 1965 (aged 57)
Original team(s)	Sunshine
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1927–29	Footscray
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jack Wunhym (31 May 1908 – 23 July 1965) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

Wunhym played 88 games for Yarraville between 1929 and 1934.^[3]

Wunhym was on Fitzroy's list in 1934, but was unable to obtain a clearance from Yarraville.^[4]

Wunhym was captain-coach of Ballarat Imperials from 1935 to 1937, when the club won three consecutive Ballarat Football League premierships from 1935 to 1937.^[5]

His surname is a merger from the surname of his father, who was Chinese.^[2]

Notes

^ "Football". Sunshine Advocate. Victoria. 26 March 1927. p. 5. Retrieved 10 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ ^a ^b Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 976. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ "The VFA Project: Jack Wunhym profile". The VFA Project. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
^ "1935 - Association Stars For Footscray?". The Herald (Melbourne, Vic). 18 February 1935. p. 15. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
^ "1935 - WUNHYM UNABLE TO PLAY". The Age (Melbourne, Vic). 12 April 1935. p. 9. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

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