Secretary of Fitzroy, J. Buckley, said of Bunton: "Haydn was the greatest player ever to wear the Fitzroy jersey. He had unlimited stamina, courage, and was the quickest thinker I have ever seen." Bunton once played with Don Bradman in a New South Wales country cricket team, and in the early 1930s, Bunton was regarded as a possible Test cricketer. In 1999, historian and teacher Ken Mansell wrote "The Ballad of Haydn Bunton", a song that highlighted Bunton's great achievements. Family Bunton married Lylia Frances Austin at Scots' Church, Melbourne, on 22 February 1936. Bunton had two sons: Haydn Bunton Jr., born in 1937, who would become a prominent footballer in his own right, and David. In July 1945, Mrs. Bunton sued for divorce on the grounds of her husband's misconduct with a certain Doreen May Scott, a member of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS). Bunton remarried Lylia Bunton at the Adelaide Registry Office on Saturday, 7 September 1946, in a closed secret ceremony. Lylia died suddenly at home on 25 December 1954 at the age of 42, less than a year before her husband. Bunton's brother, Cleaver Bunton, was a long-serving mayor of Albury and also a senator for a short time in 1975. Cleaver was the first Ovens & Murray Football League life member. 1980, Cleaver played in West Albury's 1929 premiership team, was the O&MFL treasurer 1953 to 1993, O&MFL secretary 1930 to 1969 and again in 1976, founder and editor of The Critic from 1924 to 1990, the longest-serving administrator in Australian Rules Football history, founder of Albury Umpires Association, establisher of sporting broadcasts on radio, and was the first to broadcast Ovens & Murray football; the O&MFL club championship award is named after him. References External links Information about Haydn Bunton at Trove AFL Hall of Fame – Legends Haydn Bunton's WW2 Service Record Profile at Australian Football The Ballad of Haydn Bunton (Song and Article) – by Original Author and Artist 1911 births 1955 deaths Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Brownlow Medal winners Fitzroy Football Club players Fitzroy Football Club coaches Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Subiaco Football Club players Subiaco Football Club coaches North Adelaide Football Club coaches Albury Football Club players Sandover Medal winners Mitchell Medal winners South Australian National Football League umpires West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Australian rules