Eric Guy
Eric Arthur Guy was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL.
Family
The youngest of the nine children of Willie Guy, and Ruby May Guy, née Sawyer, Eric Arthur Guy was born on 18 August 1932.His older brother, Wally Guy, played VFL football for the North Melbourne Football Club, and his nephew, Gary Guy played VFL football for the North Melbourne Football Club.
Football
Dromana (MPFL)
As a teenager, Guy played 26 games for the Dromana Football Club in the Mornington Peninsula Football League.Carrum (MPFL)
He transferred to the Carrum Football Club, also in the MPFL.Oakleigh (VFA)
He started his top level senior career at the Oakleigh Football Club in the Victorian Football Association in 1952. In a controversial start to his career at Oakleigh, both Guy and his Carrum teammate Bill Botten played the opening match of the 1952 season before their transfer paperwork had been formally lodged, which resulted in the match, which Oakleigh had won by ten goals, being forfeited to Brunswick.Guy played 91 senior games for the club over five years.