Douglas Thomas Munro (7 February 1917 – 18 September 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.640.
Family The son of Douglas Sutherland Bennett Munro (1892-1953),Deaths: Munro, The Age, (Wednesday, 25 November 1953), p.13. and Julia Catherine Munro (1885-1980), née Herlihy, Douglas Thomas Munro was born at South Melbourne, Victoria on 7 February 1917.
He married Edna Elsie Wilson (1909-2000) in 1939.
Football Essendon (VFL) He was cleared from Ascot Vale to Essendon Seconds in 1935,Second Eighteens, The Age, (Wednesday, 19 June 1935), p.9. and was listed to train with the Essendon Second XVIII in April 1936.League News and Notes: Essendon Players Excel, The Argus, (Monday, 13 April 1936), p.7.
Injured at the beginning of the 1937 season, his only senior game for Essendon was in the final home-and-away match of the 1937 season, against South Melbourne, at the Lake Oval on 28 August 1937.League Men in New Places: Essendon's Many Injured, The Argus, (Friday, 27 August 1937), p.17.League Teams: South Melbourne v. Essendon, The Argus, (Friday, 27 August 1937), p.17.
Fitzroy (VFL) He was cleared from Essendon to Fitzroy on 6 July 1939.Permits Granted, The Argus, (Thursday, 6 July 1939), p.21.
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References
Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
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