Don Seymour (footballer)

Donald George Seymour (16 March 1916 – 23 July 1986) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Don Seymour
Personal information
Full name Donald George Seymour
Date of birth (1916-03-16)16 March 1916
Place of birth Albury, New South Wales
Date of death 23 July 1986(1986-07-23) (aged 70)
Place of death Shepparton, Victoria
Original team(s) Albury
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1939 Footscray 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Seymour was recruited to Footscray from the Albury Football Club in the Ovens & Murray Football League and won the Footscray Reserves best and fairest award in both 1938 and 1939.[2] He made two appearances in the Footscray senior team, both in 1939.

Seymour was also a professional athletic foot-runner who ran in the Stawell Gift.[3]

Seymour served in the Australian Army during World War II from 1940 to 1945[4] and also played with the South Sydney Football Club during these years.[5]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 803. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "1939 – Footscray FC – Best & Fairest". Border Morning Mail. 30 September 1939. p. 6 – via Trove Newspapers.
  3. "1941 – Ex Albury footballer for Stawell Gift". Border Morning Mail. 5 April 2020. p. 3 – via Trove Newspapers.
  4. Seymour, Donald. "Mr". Department of Veteran Affairs. DVA.
  5. "1942 – South Sydney FC History". nswfootballhistory.com.au/great-football-in-sydney-during-wwii/. NSW Football History.


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