Byron Guthrie

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Byron Guthrie
Personal information
Full name Byron Guthrie
Date of birth(1935-12-28)28 December 1935
Original team(s) University Blacks
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1956–57 Footscray 4 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1957.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Byron Guthrie (born 28 December 1935) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 349. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.

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