Simon Dunn children: Does Simon Dunn have kids?
Sarah Oconnor
Updated on January 14, 2026
Australian rugby player and bobsledder Simon Dunn passed away on January 21, 2023.
He was up in Wollongong and was the first homosexual man to compete for any nation in the sport of bobsledding until retiring in 2016. He spent several years in London before moving to Sydney, where he played rugby until he passed away.
Simon Dunn children: Does Simon Dunn have kids?
There are currently no records confirming whether or not he has a child. It could possibly be that he has a child but has not made such information public yet.
Rugby league was Simon Dunn’s primary sport growing up in Wollongong, south of Sydney. In order to deal with his personal sexuality and his professional life, he gave up the one thing he could control: athletics.
He returned to his beloved sport later in life and joined the Sydney Convicts Rugby club. Dunn had the chance to test out for the Australian bobsleigh squad while visiting Canada to advance his sporting career and working at the Canadian Sports Institute gym.
He became the first homosexual person to ever represent his nation in a sport by being selected for this squad and doing so. He was Lucas Mata’s brakeman.
