Full name John Bonney Years Club Height/Weight 177cm, 71.5 kg | Original team(s) Cooee Place of birth Tasmania Name John Bonney | |
Date of birth (1946-11-21) 21 November 1946 (age 69) | ||
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John Bonney (born 21 May 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. 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.
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