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Jack Wunhym
Personal information
Full name Jack Wunhym
Date of birth (1908-05-31)31 May 1908
Date of death 23 July 1965(1965-07-23) (aged 57)
Original team(s) Sunshine[1]
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1927–29 Footscray 10 (1)
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

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  1. ^ "Football". Sunshine Advocate. Victoria. 26 March 1927. p. 5. Retrieved 10 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "The VFA Project: Jack Wunhym profile". The VFA Project. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  4. ^ "1935 - Association Stars For Footscray?". The Herald (Melbourne, Vic). 18 February 1935. p. 15. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  5. ^ "1935 - WUNHYM UNABLE TO PLAY". The Age (Melbourne, Vic). 12 April 1935. p. 9. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
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