Kevin James Dynon (11 August 1925 – 8 September 2017) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played for the

North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos or colloquially the Roos, is a professional Australian rules football club. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AF ...

in the

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(VFL).

Early years

Dynon was brought up in

Kensington, Victoria Kensington is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located primarily within the City of Melbourne Local government areas of V ...

and attended St. Joseph's CBC North Melbourne between 1936 and 1940 where he attained his Intermediate Certificate. He was noted for his overall athletic prowess and exceptional sporting ability which allowed him to become a member of the school's tennis, cricket, handball and football teams at various times. In 1940 he earned the title of college captain and was the senior sports champion, winning the 90 yards hurdles, broad jump, high jump and coming second in the 100 yards sprint (under 16). In the same year he acted as captain of the handball team and the athletics squad.

Military

Barely 18 years of age, he enlisted into the

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and served in the AFHQ Telecommunication Unit until his discharge as a

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in March 1946. During his war service he survived a cyclone in Exmouth, Western Australia by sheltering under a truck after all the base buildings had been blown away. Following his discharge he resumed work in the Federal Public Service.

Football career

Dynon was appointed captain of North Melbourne Football Club in 1947 at age 21, the youngest captain of the club until 1972 when

David Dench David Dench (born 23 August 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League. He played his whole career with North Melbourne Football Club during one of its most successful periods. VFL career Dench play ...

was appointed at just 20. In 1951, playing with the North Old Boys', he was part of the team which won the Premiership in the Combined Catholic Old Collegians' Association. In 1952 and 1953 he renewed his captaincy of the Kangaroos, five years after being first appointed. In 1955 Dynon joined

Moorabbin Football Club The Moorabbin Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, was an Australian rules football club best known for its premiership success in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) during the 1950s and 1960s. During their time in the VFA, the club p ...

, in the

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(VFA) as captain-coach.Devaney, John. Kevin Dynon. (Webpage) Retrieved 20 February 2014 from http://australianfootball.com/players/player/kevin+dynon/7029

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dynon, Kevin 1925 births North Melbourne Football Club players Moorabbin Football Club players Moorabbin Football Club coaches Australian rules footballers from Melbourne 2017 deaths Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II Royal Australian Air Force airmen Military personnel from Melbourne People from Kensington, Victoria People educated at St Joseph's College, Melbourne