Joe Nunan

Joe Nunan
Personal information
Full name James Joseph Nunan
Born (1904-12-23)23 December 1904
Kilmore, Victoria
Died 6 August 1971(1971-08-06) (aged 66)
Heidelberg, Victoria
Original teams St Patrick's College, Ballarat,[1] Brunswick YMCA[2]
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1925–27 Footscray 27 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1927.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Joseph Nunan (23 December 1904 – 6 August 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]

Nunan was educated at St Patrick's College, Ballarat where he was a champion school athlete[4] and played football in the school first eighteen team in 1923.

Nunan was granted a permit to play with Footscray in late May 1925[5] after playing with the Footscray reserves.[6]

Nunan played with Footscray reserves in 1928, [7] then played with Essendon reserves in 1929[8] 1930,[9] and 1931.[10]

In April 1932, Nunan was cleared from Essendon to North Melbourne[11] where he played VFL reserves football.

According to this article reference, Nunan was cleared from North Melbourne[12] to the Waratahs Football Club in the Ovens and King Football League in May 1934, where he was captain-coach in 1936[13] but he actually played with Wangaratta in the Ovens and Murray Football League in 1934 and was Wangaratta's captain-coach in 1935.[14]

In June 1936, the Education Department announced that teacher, [15]Joe Nunan would be transferred from the Peechelba State School[16] to Tylden, Victoria.[17]

In 1951, Nunan was appointed as coach of the Ballan Football Club[18] in the Bacchus Marsh & Melton Football Association[19]

Notes

  1. ^ "1923 - ST. PAT'S CENTURY". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 13 July 1923. p. 3. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  2. ^ "1925 - Notes from the clubs". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 3 April 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  3. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 662. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  4. ^ "BALLARAT BOY'S PERFORMANCE". Weekly Times. No. 2804. Victoria, Australia. 12 May 1923. p. 72.
  5. ^ "1925 - Football". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 28 May 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  6. ^ "1925 - LEAGUE SECOND EIGHTEENS". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 18 May 1925. p. 7. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  7. ^ "1928 - THE JUNIOR PLAYERS". The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954). 4 May 1928. p. 12. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  8. ^ "1929 - CLOSE WIN BY ESSENDON SECOND EIGHTEEN". The Essendon Gazette and Flemington Spectator, Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1924 - 1946). 20 June 1929. p. 10. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  9. ^ "1930 - SECOND EIGHTEENS". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 21 July 1930. p. 6. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  10. ^ "1931 - ESSENDON SECONDS". The Essendon Gazette and Flemington Spectator, Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1924 - 1946). 23 April 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  11. ^ "1932 - LEAGUE PERMITS GRANTED". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 30 April 1932. p. 7. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  12. ^ "1934 - FOOTBALL. PERMITS GRANTED". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 3 May 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  13. ^ "1936 - Football: OVENS AND KING LEAGUE WHOROULY v. WARATAHS". Myrtleford Times and Ovens Valley Advertiser (Vic. : 1930 - 1955). 12 August 1936. p. 5. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  14. ^ "1935 - FOOTBALL Ovens and Murray League". Rutherglen Sun and Chiltern Valley Advertiser (Vic. : 1886 - 1957). 3 September 1935. p. 3. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  15. ^ "1936 - School Promotions And Transfers". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 11 June 1936. p. 36. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  16. ^ "1936 - Peechelba". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 14 October 1936. p. 33. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  17. ^ "1936 - School Transfers". Myrtleford Times and Ovens Valley Advertiser (Vic. : 1930 - 1955). 17 June 1936. p. 2. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  18. ^ "1951 - J. Nunan Appointed Coach". The Express, Melton (Vic. 1943 - 1954). 7 April 1951. p. 3. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  19. ^ "1951 - Lifeguard Steadier Than Ballan". The Express, Bacchus Marsh (Vic. : 1943 - 1954). 18 August 1951. p. 6. Retrieved 23 March 2026.


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