Hugh Dunbar

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1903}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Hugh Dunbar

| image = Hugh Dunbar (before 1928).jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| fullname = Hugh Ormond Dunbar

| birth_date = {{birth date|1903|6|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Traralgon, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|7|17|1903|6|27|df=yes}}

| death_place = Caulfield South, Victoria

| originalteam = Carlsruhe

| height = 185 cm

| weight = 92 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1930

| years1 = 1922–1928

| club1 = Melbourne

| games_goals1 = {{0}}97 (48)

| years2 = 1930

| club2 = St Kilda

| games_goals2 = {{0|00}}3 {{0}}(1)

| games_goalstotal = 100 (49)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Hugh Ormond Dunbar (27 June 1903 – 17 July 1985) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/H/Hugh_Dunbar.html AFL Tables: Hugh Dunbar]

Dunbar, recruited from Carlsruhe, was a ruckman, but played at centre-half back for Melbourne in their 1926 premiership team.{{cite book|last=Lovett, Michael|title=AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL| publisher=AFL Publishing|year=2004|isbn=0-9580300-5-7}} He represented Victoria in 1923, 1924 and 1926. His brothers, Edgar and Harold, also played for Melbourne.{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}

Dunbar went to Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Brighton as playing coach in 1929 then played briefly for St Kilda in 1930, before going to the Ormond Amateurs as coach.The Argus,[http://www.trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4002169 "Dunbar to Coach Brighton"], 9 February 1929, p. 22{{cite web|url=http://demonwiki.org/tiki-index.php?page=Hugh+Dunbar| title=Hugh Dunbar| publisher=Demon Wiki}}