Hugh Morris (Australian 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 (2)
1956 St Kilda 4 (0)
1957–58 Port Melbourne (VFA) 9 (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

  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.