Doug Munro

Australian rules footballer, born 1917

Australian rules footballer

Doug Munro
Personal information
Full name	Douglas Thomas Munro
Date of birth	(1917-02-07)7 February 1917
Place of birth	South Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death	18 September 1989(1989-09-18) (aged 72)
Original team(s)	Ascot Vale, Essendon Seconds
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1937	Essendon	1 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Douglas Thomas Munro (7 February 1917 – 18 September 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Douglas Sutherland Bennett Munro (1892-1953),^[2] and Julia Catherine Munro (1885-1980), née Herlihy, Douglas Thomas Munro was born at South Melbourne, Victoria on 7 February 1917.

He married Edna Elsie Wilson (1909-2000) in 1939.

Football

Essendon (VFL)

He was cleared from Ascot Vale to Essendon Seconds in 1935,^[3] and was listed to train with the Essendon Second XVIII in April 1936.^[4]

Injured at the beginning of the 1937 season, his only senior game for Essendon was in the final home-and-away match of the 1937 season, against South Melbourne, at the Lake Oval on 28 August 1937.^[5]^[6]

Fitzroy (VFL)

He was cleared from Essendon to Fitzroy on 6 July 1939.^[7]

Notes

^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.640.
^ Deaths: Munro, The Age, (Wednesday, 25 November 1953), p.13.
^ Second Eighteens, The Age, (Wednesday, 19 June 1935), p.9.
^ League News and Notes: Essendon Players Excel, The Argus, (Monday, 13 April 1936), p.7.
^ League Men in New Places: Essendon's Many Injured, The Argus, (Friday, 27 August 1937), p.17.
^ League Teams: South Melbourne v. Essendon, The Argus, (Friday, 27 August 1937), p.17.
^ Permits Granted, The Argus, (Thursday, 6 July 1939), p.21.

References

Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8