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| John Bonney |
| Personal information |
| Full name |
John Bonney |
| Date of Birth |
November 21, 1946 (1946-11-21) (age 61) |
| Place of Birth |
Tasmania |
| Recruited from |
Cooee |
| Height/Weight |
177cm, 71.5kg |
| Playing Career1 |
| Years |
Club |
Games (Goals) |
| 1967-69, 1971-73, 1976 |
 St Kilda
|
87 (79) |
| ¹ Club statistics to end of 1976 season |
| ² Representative statistics to end of {{{repstatsend}}}
|
John Bonney 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 Grand Final), and surprisingly 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 turned down offers from other clubs to stick with St Kilda.
[edit] Source
Holmesby, Russel & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
