John Bonney

John Bonney
Personal information
Full name	John Bonney
Date of birth	21 November 1946
Place of birth	Tasmania
Original team(s)	Cooee
Height/Weight	177cm, 71.5 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1967-69, 1971-73, 1976	St Kilda	87 (79)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1976 season.

John Bonney (born 21 November 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda. A wingman recruited from the small Tasmanian club Cooee, Bonney played in the St Kilda grand final team of 1971.^[1] As an aspiring young player, he rang Collingwood hoping for a game, but was turned away. Wanting to play with a strong team, he then called St Kilda (who played in the 1966 VFL Grand Final), was accepted and played from the bench in the first game. In a career that was riddled with injuries, his nose was broken a total of 9 times, and he had a near fatal injury in which his spleen was punctured by a kick to the stomach. He missed the 1970 and 1974 seasons due to family reasons, and the 1972 season due to a knee injury.^[2]

Source

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 53. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
2. St Kilda, The Age, 5 March 1973

External links

• John Bonney's statistics from AFL Tables