Haydn Bunton Jr.

Haydn Austin Bunton, born on 5 April 1937, is a former Australian rules footballer and coach, the son of Haydn Bunton Sr. Born in Caulfield, he was hospitalised for two years as a child with a fractured pelvis and Perthes disease, yet debuted for North Adelaide at seventeen and was All-Australian two years later. He played for North Adelaide and Norwood in the South Australian National Football League and for Swan Districts and Subiaco in the Western Australian competition. As captain-coach he led Swan Districts to their first WAFL premiership in 1961, then won the 1962 Sandover Medal, matching his father in winning the league fairest and best award. He later coached South Adelaide and Subiaco, was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1996, and helped banish the drop kick.