Ernest Newling
Athlete
1876 –
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Who is Ernest Newling?
Ernest "Bung" Newling was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League.
Newling, who was blind in one eye, played as a defender and follower. He arrived to the club from Geelong West.
He was just the third Geelong player to appear in 150 league games, after Teddy Rankin and Henry Young. Despite his disability with the use of one eye, he managed to make 148 with Geelong B side against Belmont in a 1901/02 Geelong Cricket Association First Eleven Match.
He is buried at the East Geelong Cemetery Humble Street side.
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