Heinz Tonn
| Heinz Tonn | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Heinz Gustav Tonn | ||
| Born |
26 April 1921 Hamburg, Weimar Republic | ||
| Died | 4 April 2003 (aged 81)[1] | ||
| Original team | Golden Square | ||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1947 | Fitzroy | 6 (2) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Heinz Gustav Tonn (26 April 1921 – 4 April 2003) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
Tonn, who was born in Germany, served with the Australian Army in World War II.[3]
A follower, Tonn played six games for Fitzroy in the 1947 VFL season.[4]
He returned to his original club, Golden Square in 1948 and won that year's Bendigo Football League award for the best and fairest player.[5] The following season he was appointed captain-coach of Castlemaine[6] and won the award again, for the second season in succession in 1949.[7]
References
- ^ Obituary in the Herald Sun, 7 April 2003
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
- ^ "WW2 Nominal Roll". Government of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "AFL Tables: Heinz Tonn". afltables.com.
- ^ The Argus,"H. Tonn Wins Bendigo League Medal", 16 September 1949, p. 18
- ^ "1949 - Castlemaine's Coach". The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954; 1998 - 2002). 24 March 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ "1949 - Tonn Bendigo's Best, Fairest". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 15 September 1949. p. 29. Retrieved 26 October 2025.