Australian Football - Don Budarick

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Key Facts

Full name
Donald William Budarick

Known as
Don Budarick

Senior clubs
West Adelaide

Don Budarick

Club	League	Career span	Games	Goals	Avg	Win %	AKI	AHB	AMK	BV
West Adelaide	SANFL	1937-1941	74	4	0.05	—	—	—	—	—
Total		1937-1941	74	4	0.05	—	—	—	—	—

Don Budarick, West footballer, and one of the most fancied men in the last Stawell Gift, is one who has not yet raced this season. He is in the big Glenelg race, and, like all other competitors, is expected to be seen in the night meeting at the Bay on the Sheffield track next week.¹

Recruited by West Adelaide in 1937, Don Budarick made his league debut the same year and immediately stamped himself as a defender of considerable class. Sadly, his five-season, 74-game senior career was brought to a premature end by the war, but he nevertheless managed to win a club best and fairest award in 1940, and to represent the state on two occasions.

Author - John Devaney

Footnotes

1. “News”, 14/12/38, page 17.

Sources

Full Points Footy's SA Football Companion, Crème de la Crème