PREMIERSHIP PLAYER TED BRUNTON PASSES AWAY

THE West Perth Football Club is saddened by the news that 1942 premiership player and leading goalkicker Ted Brunton passed away earlier this week.

Brunton joined West Perth in 1942 from Swan Districts during World War II and had an immediate impact at the Cardinals along with Sandover Medallist Laurie Bowen and Ralph Latham.

He arrived at West Perth as a 16-year-old and turned 17 during the 1942 season with the WANFL playing as an underage competition during the war.

His 1942 season included kicking nine goals in a 55-point Round 9 win over East Perth at Leederville Oval, and 10 against Perth in a 155-point hiding at the WACA.

Brunton and West Perth finished the 1942 home and away season three games clear on top of the ladder and went on to win the premiership with Brunton kicking six goals in the grand final win over Claremont.

That capped an outstanding season for Brunton as he kicked 90 goals in his 21 matches to end up topping the league's goalkicking and cementing his place in history as a West Perth premiership player.