Percy Furler

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer and coach}}

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

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Percy Furler

| image =

| fullname = Percy Stuart Newling Furler

| nickname = Brone

| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|02|20|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|01|23|1904|02|20|df=y}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = Noarlunga

| height =

| weight =

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| statsend = 1933

| years1 = 1922-1933

| club1 = {{SANFL NthA}}

| games_goals1 = 187 (152)

| games_goalstotal = 187 (152)

| sooyears1 = 1923, 1928-1933

| sooteam1 = South Australia

| soogames_goals1 = 19 (15)

| soogames_goalstotal = 19 (15)

| repstatsend = 1933

| coachyears1 = 1929

| coachclub1 = {{SANFL NthA}}

| coachgames_wins1 = 17 (8-8-1)

| coachgames_winstotal = 17 (8-8-1)

| coachstatsend = 1929

| careerhighlights =

• {{SANFL NthA}} leading goalkicker 1927 (41)
• 2x {{SANFL NthA}} premiership player 1930, 1931
• {{SANFL NthA}} captain 1928-1929, 1931-1933
• {{SANFL NthA}} Team of the Century
• South Australian Football Hall of Fame Inductee 2002
• South Australia captain 1932-1933
• 2x Best on Ground SA v Vic 1932, 1933

| source = [https://nafc.com.au/history/player?playerId=22a483f4-cd5b-43ad-9ace-8c294f41d2f8 NAFC History Database]

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Percy Stewart Newling Furler (20 February 1904 – 23 January 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played for and coached North Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Furler was a key figure in North Adelaide's 1930 and 1931 premierships, including the latter as captain.{{cite news |title=Furler Retiring - S.A. Carnival Team Captain |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/181741547 |access-date=3 May 2020 |agency=The Sporting Globe |issue=1157 |date=6 September 1933 |location=Melbourne |page=8}}

Originating from the Noarlunga Football Club in the Southern Football Association, Furler played there together with his four brothers, Ray, Albert, Ross and Leslie, and was rejected by Sturt prior to joining North Adelaide.{{cite news |title=Mr. Walter Furler Dead, Aged 73 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131893908 |access-date=3 May 2020 |agency=The News |volume=29|issue=4,436 |date=11 October 1937 |location=Adelaide |page=6}}{{cite news |author1=Percy Furler |author2=Lawrie Jervis, Jnr |title=Days When Bumping Was An Art in Football |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129988518 |access-date=3 May 2020 |agency=The News |volume=46|issue=7,123 |date=1 June 1946 |location=Adelaide |page=5}}

In 1947, Furler was appointed Secretary of the North Adelaide Football Club,{{cite news |last1=Colmer |first1=Roy |title=Percy Furler New North Secretary |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127072792 |access-date=3 May 2020 |agency=The News |volume=48|issue=7,332 |date=1 February 1947 |location=Adelaide |page=3}} a position he would only hold for the one season.{{cite news |title=Furler Quits North Post |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/128377726 |access-date=3 May 2020 |agency=The News |volume=50|issue=7,621 |date=7 January 1948 |location=Adelaide |page=5}}

In 2002 Furler was an inaugural inductee into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame.{{cite web |title=Hall of Fame - Percy S. N. Furler |url=https://sanfl.com.au/inside-sanfl/hall-of-fame/percy-s-n-furler/ |website=South Australian National Football League |access-date=3 May 2020}}

Furler's nephew Bob Furler was also a notable footballer, winning the 1947 Tassie Medal.