Mel Morris
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| Mel Morris | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Melville Arthur Leslie Morris | ||
| Born |
8 June 1895 St Kilda, Victoria | ||
| Died |
3 May 1956 (aged 60) Sassafras, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Wesley College/Elsternwick FC | ||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1921–1926 | Richmond | 89 (148) | |
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1926 | Richmond | 18 (9–9–0) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Melville Arthur Leslie Morris (8 June 1895 – 3 May 1956) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1921 and 1926 for the Richmond Football Club.[1][2][3]
Football
[edit | edit source]He was captain/coach of Richmond for the 1926 season.[4][5]
Broadcaster ans commentator
[edit | edit source]Morris was also a pioneer football commentator with the Australian Broadcasting Company and later the Australian Broadcasting Commission.[6][7][8][9]
Death
[edit | edit source]He died at Sassafras, Victoria on 3 May 1956.[10][11]
Notes
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- ^ Deaths: Morris, The Argus, (Saturday, 5 May 1956), p. 5.
References
[edit | edit source]- Hogan P: The Tigers of Old: A Complete History of Every Player to Represent the Richmond Football Club between 1908 and 1996, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Categories:
- 1895 births
- 1956 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
- Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
- Richmond Football Club players
- Richmond Football Club premiership players
- Richmond Football Club coaches
- VFL/AFL premiership players
- People from St Kilda, Victoria
- People educated at Wesley College (Victoria)
- Australian rules football biography, 1895 birth stubs