Maurie Hunter

Maurie Hunter
Personal information
Full name	Maurice Harold Hunter
Date of birth	(1904-03-05)5 March 1904
Date of death	31 October 1987(1987-10-31) (aged 83)
Place of death	Fitzroy, Victoria
Original team(s)	St Patrick's - OMFL
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	72.5 kg (160 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1929–1933	Richmond	81 (159)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1933.
Career highlights
Richmond captain, 1931 Richmond premiership player, 1932 Interstate games: 4
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Maurice Harold Hunter (5 March 1904 – 31 October 1987)^[1] was an Australian rules football player who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1929 and 1933 for the Richmond Football Club.

Football

Prior to joining Richmond he played in four premiership teams with St Patrick's of Albury (NSW) between 1923 and 1928. In 1928 he kicked 19 goals in a semi-final against Wangaratta in the Ovens & Murray Football League.^[2][3]

He left St Patricks in 1929 for Richmond, two years later they made him captain. He was a premiership player in 1932 and the clubs best and fairest in 1933.

In 1934 he was captain / coach of Camberwell in the VFA for the first part of the season,^[4] until Horrie Mason took over from Hunter after seven games. Hunter then left Camberwell in July, 1934 to play with Richmond Districts FC in the Melbourne Sub Districts Football Association.^[5]

He later coached the Richmond YCW Under 16 team to six premierships between 1940 and 1950.

Death

he died at Fitzroy, Victoria on 31 October 1987.^[6]

Notes

1. "Maurie Hunter - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
2. "1928 - O&M Semi final match review". Trove Newspapers. Weekly Times. 25 August 1928. p. 76. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
3. Eager to see Hungter, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 1 June 1929), p.6.
4. "1934 - Hunter leads Camberwell". Trove Newspapers. Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 14 April 1934. p. 6. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
5. "1934 - Association Permits". Trove Newspapers. The Argus. 5 July 1934. p. 14. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
6. Deaths: Hunter, The Age, (Monday, 2 November 1987), p.27.

References

• Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1

External links

• Maurie Hunter's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Maurie Hunter, at The VFA Project.
• 1929 - M Hunter Caricature