Don Seymour (footballer)
| Don Seymour | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Donald George Seymour | ||
| Date of birth | 16 March 1916 | ||
| Place of birth | Albury, New South Wales | ||
| Date of death | 23 July 1986 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Shepparton, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Albury | ||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1939 | Footscray | 2 (0) | |
| 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Donald George Seymour (16 March 1916 – 23 July 1986) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Seymour was recruited to Footscray from the Albury Football Club in the Ovens & Murray Football League and won the Footscray Reserves best and fairest award in both 1938 and 1939.[2] He made two appearances in the Footscray senior team, both in 1939.
Seymour was also a professional athletic foot-runner who ran in the Stawell Gift.[3]
Seymour served in the Australian Army during World War II from 1940 to 1945[4] and also played with the South Sydney Football Club during these years.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 803. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "1939 – Footscray FC – Best & Fairest". Border Morning Mail. 30 September 1939. p. 6 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1941 – Ex Albury footballer for Stawell Gift". Border Morning Mail. 5 April 2020. p. 3 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ Seymour, Donald. "Mr". Department of Veteran Affairs. DVA.
- ^ "1942 – South Sydney FC History". nswfootballhistory.com.au/great-football-in-sydney-during-wwii/. NSW Football History.
External links
[edit]- Don Seymour's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Don Seymour at AustralianFootball.com
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