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]

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

Family

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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

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Essendon (VFL)

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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)

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

Notes

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References

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  • 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
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