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Stan "Bunny" Wittman (1 June 1901 – 14 May 1994) 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
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in the VFL during the late 1920s and early 1930s. Wittman, who came to Melbourne from Rosedale, played his football across half forward. He was a member of Melbourne's 1926 premiership and kicked three goals in the Grand Final. Two years later, Wittman kicked a career best season tally of 34 goals, helped by a six-goal haul against North Melbourne at the MCG. Wittman was made a life member of the Melbourne Football Club in 1992. He died in May 1994, the last surviving member of the team that won the 1926 premiership.


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1901 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players 1994 deaths Melbourne Football Club premiership players VFL/AFL premiership players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1901-stub