Gordon Maffina, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian rules footballer and coach
Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1926
Place of Birth: Boulder, Western Australia, Australia
Date of Death: 10-Sep-1991
Profession: Australian rules footballer
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Gordon Maffina
- Gordon Louis Charles 'Sonny' Maffina (10 January 1926 – 10 September 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played 114 games for Claremont in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL) from 1948 to 1958.
- Centreman Gordon Maffina, nicknamed Sonny, arrived at Claremont from Goldfields National Football League club Boulder City.
- He made an immediate impact at Claremont with a Sandover Medal win in 1949 as well as being awarded his club's Best and fairest.He represented Western Australia at the 1950 Brisbane Carnival where he was a Simpson Medalilst and appeared in a total of eight interstates matches for his state.
- Appointed captain-coach of Claremont in 1952 after captaining them the previous year, Maffina remained in the role until the end of the 1953 season.
- He continued on as a player, returning briefly as captain-coach in 1957, but suffered from niggling injuries towards the end of his career and retired in 1958.
- When Claremont took out the 1964 premiership he was the assistant coach.
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