Hugh Morris (Australian footballer)

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer

Hugh Morris

Personal information
Full name|  Hugh Jackson Morris
Date of birth|  (1932-01-22)22 January 1932
Date of death|  10 November 2013(2013-11-10) (aged 81)
Place of death|  Brighton, Victoria[1]
Original team(s)|  Essendon All Blacks
Height|  182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight|  84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s)|  Half-forward flank
Playing career1
Years|  Club|  Games (Goals)
1952–54|  Essendon|  21 0(2)
1956|  St Kilda|  04 0(0)
1957–58|  Port Melbourne (VFA)|  09 (11)

1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958.

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Hugh Jackson Morris (22 January 1932 – 10 November 2013) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2] He was a premiership player with Essendon's reserves in 1952. Morris also played for Warracknabeal and Port Melbourne.

Morris initially worked as a police officer before founding his own security company.

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ "Hugh Jackson Morris". Herald Sun.
2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 630\. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

## External links[edit]

* Hugh Morris at AustralianFootball.com
* Hugh Morris's playing statistics from AFL Tables
* Hugh Morris's playing statistics from The VFA Project
* Essendon Football Club past player profile