DOB: 11 December 1914
Died: 15 February 2003
Debut: Round 3, 1936 against Geelong at Corio Oval
Last Game: Round 11, 1947 against Essendon at Windy Hill
From: Glen Iris
Number: 26 (1936-1940), 14 (1947)
Honours:
Premiership Player - 1939
Life Member - 1946
Seconds captain - 1947
Games: 57
Goals: 2
Career Statistics
| Wins | Draws | Losses | Winning % |
| 40 | 0 | 17 | 70.17 |
Follower who played in 1934 practice games, and was recruited to the Seconds late in 1935 before making his debut the next year. He had previously been on the Seconds training list in 1933.
Furniss was a member of the 1939 premiership team before being called up to the Air Force after Round 1, 1940. He played a game with SA side North Adelaide during the season but was injured. He returned for four VFL games late in the season, including the Preliminary Final but his form disappointed due to lack of time to train around his RAAF duties and he was dropped for the Grand Final.
From there his service in the RAAF caused him to miss 1941 to 1946 before returning for two games in 1947. He had been persuaded to rejoined the club as Seconds captain at the start of that year. Nearly 33 years old he struggled and ended his career at the end of that season.
During the war Furniss played in the ACT, and in 1941 won the Mulrooney Medal for best player in the Canberra competition while playing for Fairbairn.
| Year | Games | Goals | Brownlow |
| 1936 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 1937 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 1940 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Lists
SANFL
Media
Argus - 02/05/1934
Age - 07/08/1935, 09/08/1935
Argus - 11/04/1936
Football Record R2 1940
Sporting Globe - 27/04/1940
Herald - 02/05/1940
Age - 20/09/1940
Canberra Times - 28/08/1941
Argus 01/09/1941
Australasian - 24/06/1944
Age - 20/06/1947
Age - 23/06/1947
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