Australian rules footballer, born 1916
Australian rules footballer
| Don Seymour | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Donald George Seymour | ||
| Date of birth | (1916-03-16)16 March 1916 | ||
| Place of birth | Albury, New South Wales | ||
| Date of death | 23 July 1986(1986-07-23) (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Shepparton, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Albury | ||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1939 | Footscray | 2 (0) | |
| 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).
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. 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.
Seymour served in the Australian Army during World War II from 1940 to 1945 and also played with the South Sydney Football Club during these years.
Notes
- 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
- Don Seymour's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Don Seymour at AustralianFootball.com
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