Haydn Bunton, Jr.

Who is Haydn Bunton, Jr.?

Haydn Austin Bunton is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. The son of the legendary Haydn Bunton, Sr., Bunton Jr. played for North Adelaide and Norwood in the South Australian National Football League, as well as Swan Districts and Subiaco in the Western Australian National Football League.

Bunton Jr. was regarded as a tough and skilful player in both South Australia and Western Australia, but it was as a coach that he cemented a reputation alongside his father as one of Australian football’s greatest identities.

Bunton Jr. was inducted into the coaches section of the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996, as well as the Western Australian Institute of Sport Hall of Champions in 2003 and was made an inaugural member of the WA Football Hall of Fame in 2004 and the SA Football Hall of Fame in 2002.