Full name Arnold Buntine Years Club Died 26 February 1975 | Original team(s) Caulfield / University Club Games (Goals) Children Robert Buntine | |
Date of birth (1898-12-27)27 December 1898 Date of death 26 February 1975(1975-02-26) (aged 76) | ||
Arnold Buntine (27 December 1898 – 26 February 1975) was an Australian headmaster and Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
After retiring from football he became attended Melbourne University, before obtaining a PhD in Education from the University of Edinburgh. Returning to Melbourne he started teaching at Scotch College, Melbourne before becoming the headmaster of Camberwell Grammar School. In 1931 he moved to Western Australia to be the headmaster of Hale School. During World War II he served in the 2/28th Battalion as a captain, serving in Tobruk and Syria. Promoted to Major and then Lieutenant-Colonel he was put in charge of the 2/11th Battalion. In 1944 he returned to Hale School, before being appointed headmaster of Geelong College in 1945.
Buntine was the son of educationalist Walter Murray Buntine (1866–1953) of Caulfield Grammar School, for whom the Buntine Oration is named. He was married to Gladys (Jim) Buntine, who was the Australian Chief Commissioner of Girl Guides from 1962 until 1968. Their son was educationalist Robert Buntine of Newington College.