Reginald Jack "Reg" Zeuner (born 18 January 1928) is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played for West Adelaide

West Adelaide Football Club

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 in the South Australian National Football League

South Australian National Football League

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 (SANFL) and Perth

Perth Football Club

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 in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL).

Career

Zeuner began his career with the West Adelaide colts team in 1945, and was promoted to the senior team in 1946. In 1947 he led West Adelaide's goalkicking with 53 goals, including five in the club's premiership victory over Norwood

Norwood Football Club

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. In 1949 Zeuner transferred to WANFL side , where he played mainly as a forward, substituting as a ruckman when Merv McIntosh

Merv McIntosh

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 was unfit. In 1952, Zeuner returned to West Adelaide, having previously had a clearance to in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL) refused. He returned to Perth in 1954, and played in Perth's 1955 premiership victory

1955 WANFL Grand Final

-Notes: This is the crowd figure according to the West Australian Football League. Other sources give attendances of 41,962 and 38,962....

, kicking two goals. Playing as Perth's main ruckman after the retirement of McIntosh before the 1956 season, Zeuner finished runner-up in the 1956 Sandover Medal

Sandover Medal

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 to 's Graham Farmer

Graham Farmer

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. He later won Perth's best and fairest

Best and Fairest

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 in 1958, before retiring at the end of the 1959 season. Zeuner also represented the WANFL as a forward at the 1950 Brisbane

1950 Brisbane Carnival

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 and 1953 Adelaide Carnival

1953 Adelaide Carnival

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s, as well as one match in 1957. In 1999, he was selected as a reserve

Interchange (Australian rules football)

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in Perth's Team of the Century.