Full name Ernest Newling 1900–1910 Geelong Date of birth 26 June 1876 Name Ernest Newling | Height/Weight 188 cm / 94 kg Died November 30, 1944 Years Club | |
Date of death 30 November 1944(1944-11-30) (aged 68) Original team Geelong West Football Club | ||
Ernest "Bung" Newling (26 June 1876 – 30 November 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Newling, who was blind in one eye, played as a defender and follower. He arrived to the club from Geelong West.
He was just the third Geelong player to appear in 150 league games, after Teddy Rankin and Henry Young. Despite his disability with the use of one eye, he managed to make 148 with Geelong B side against Belmont in a 1901/02 Geelong Cricket Association First Eleven Match.
He is buried at the East Geelong Cemetery Humble Street side.
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