Percy Cummings

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Percy Cummings
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Full name Percy Cummings
Date of birth (1946-09-05) 5 September 1946 (age 74)
Original team(s) Vermont
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1964–1965 Hawthorn 5 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Percy Cummings (born 5 September 1946) is a former Australian rules football player who played five games for Hawthorn Football Club. [1]

Cummings is the grandson of Joe Johnson, [2] the first recognised Indigenous Australian to play in the VFL/AFL. [3]

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References

  1. Jake Niall (26 May 2013). "Taking their chance". The Age . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  2. Charlton, Stephen (5 June 2014). "Hawks honour Cummings". Narrandera Argus . Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  3. "What's the Score? Australian rules football" (PDF). Australian Human Rights Commission . Retrieved 23 May 2015.