John Bonney

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1946–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = John Bonney

| image =

| fullname = Daryl John Bonney

| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|05|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Burnie, Tasmania

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|02|20|1946|05|21|df=y}}

| death_place = Cobden, Victoria

| originalteam = Cooee (NWFU)

| height = 177 cm

| weight = 71.5 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1976

| years1 = 1967–69, 1971–73, 1976

| club1 = {{AFL StK}}

| games_goals1 = 87 (79)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Daryl John Bonney (21 May 1946 – 20 February 2022) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda.{{Ref AFL Encyc|10th|78}}

A wingman recruited from the small Tasmanian club Cooee, Bonney played in the St Kilda grand final team of 1971.{{Ref AFL Encyc|4th|53}} As an aspiring young player, he rang Collingwood hoping for a game, but was turned away. Wanting to play with a strong team, he then called St Kilda (which played in the 1966 VFL Grand Final), was accepted and played from the bench in the first game. In a career that was riddled with injuries, his nose was broken nine times, and he had a near fatal injury in which his spleen was punctured by a kick to the stomach. He missed the 1970 and 1974 VFL seasons due to family reasons and the 1972 VFL season due to a knee injury.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EskQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4ZADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2628,1189908&dq=john-bonney+st-kilda&hl=en St Kilda], The Age, 5 March 1973.

Bonney died in Cobden, Victoria, on 20 February 2022 at the age of 75.{{cite web |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/tributes/notice/death-notices/bonney-john/5893227/ |title=Tribute: John Bonney |work=Herald Sun}}{{cite web |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/tributes/notice/death-notices/bonney-john/5893238/ |title=Death Notice: Bonney, John |work=Herald Sun}}