Horrie Dawson

Horrie Dawson
Personal information
Full name John Horace McGregor Dawson
Date of birth 23 April 1910
Date of death 2 September 1982(1982-09-02) (aged 72)
Original team(s) Old Scotch
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1931–1940 Fitzroy 140 (62)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Horace McGregor "Horrie" Dawson (23 April 1910 – 2 September 1982)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Dawson was the nephew of two Fitzroy premiership players, Fred Fontaine and Ern Jenkins.[2] Recruited from Old Scotch, he started his career as a forward and was Fitzroy's second leading goal-kicker, behind Jack Moriarty, in 1932 when he kicked 21 goals.[3] He followed it up with a 22-goal effort in the 1933 VFL season.[3] Shifted to defence, Dawson did well in the 1934 Brownlow Medal count, with nine votes.[3] He equaled that effort in 1937, which was also the year that he represented the VFL for the first time.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Great Scot". Scotch College. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. ^ a b c d "AFL Tables: Horrie Dawson". afltables.com.


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