Percy Appleyard

Australian rules footballer

Percy Appleyard
Personal information
Full name	Percy Appleyard
Date of birth	(1935-03-09) 9 March 1935 (age 89)
Original team(s)	Culcairn, Bandiana, Wodonga
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)^[1]
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1957, 1960	South Melbourne	10 (8)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1960.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Percy Appleyard (born 9 March 1935) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

Appleyard won the 1953 Tallangatta & District Football League best and fairest award, when playing with the RAEME FC (Bandiana).^[3]^[4]

Appleyard played with Wodonga in the Ovens & Murray Football League between 1954 and 1958 and kicked 100 goals.

Appleyard was captain / coach of the Lavington Football Club in 1959 in the Tallangatta & District Football League.

Notes

^ "1954 - LEAGUE CLUB GOSSIP". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic). 19 March 1954. p. 23. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ "1953 - Tallangatta Award to Appleguard". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 27 August 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
^ "1953 - Culcairn". The Observer (Henty, NSW). 28 August 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 29 August 2024.