Life Outside Football
Bunton enlisted in the Australian Army in 1943 and rose to the rank of corporal.
He spent the 1946 season as an SANFL field umpire, before he was appointed coach at North Adelaide. Bunton spent the 1947 and 1948 seasons with North, but as coach was unable to take the club to the finals.
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