Haydn Bunton Junior

Haydn Bunton Junior, born in Melbourne, Australia on April 5, 1937, was a famous player and coach of Australian rules football. Bunton was regarded as tough and skillful player and was a very successful coach in both the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) and South Australian National Football League (SANFL). His father, Haydn Bunton Senior, is regarded by some scholars as the finest ever player of Australian rules.

The younger Bunton was inducted into the Australian Football League Hall of Fame in 1996 and the Western Australian Institute of Sport Hall of Champions in 2003.

He was named an All-Australian player at the age of 19, in 1956, while at Norwood Football Club in the SANFL, and was appointed captain-coach at the club the following year. Bunton enjoyed an even more remarkable year in 1961, when he transferred to the WAFL, captained Western Australia to a (then) rare win at the Australian championships, and oversaw Swan Districts' first ever premiership, as captain-coach — the first of three consecutive premierships for the club. The following year Bunton won the Sandover Medal, for the league's "fairest and best".

After retiring as a player, Bunton coached Subiaco from 1968 to 1972; South Adelaide from 1975-1982; Subiaco from 1984-89, including premierships in 1986 and 1988; and Sturt in 1992-1994.