He played club football in Queensland for the Booval Swifts and Eastern Suburbs club of the Brisbane Rugby League, and represented his state on fifteen occasions. As captain-coach of Easts, Morris helped the club to success in the BRL Premiership in 1972, 1977 and 1978.
In his first year after retiring as a player, Morris coached the Wynnum-Manly Seagulls to victory in the 1982 Brisbane Rugby League premiership. He did this again in 1984. For the 1985 State of Origin series Morris was appointed coach of the Queensland team, but lost two of the three matches that year so was dropped. That year he coached Wynnum Manly to a second consecutive Brisbane Rugby League premiership grand final, but lost to Souths.
He served as Chief Executive Officer of the Eastern Suburbs Tigers from 2007 to 2016, continuing an association with the club that dates back to 1968. He was also an Australian national selector.[1]
morris, british, ethologist, zoologist, desmond, morris, desmond, john, morris, born, april, 1948, australian, former, rugby, league, footballer, coach, administrator, personal, informationfull, namedesmond, john, morrisborn, 1948, april, 1948, playing, inform. For the British ethologist and zoologist see Desmond Morris Desmond John Morris OAM born 20 April 1948 is an Australian former rugby league footballer coach and administrator Des MorrisPersonal informationFull nameDesmond John MorrisBorn 1948 04 20 20 April 1948 age 74 Playing informationPositionProp Second rowClubYears Team Pld T G FG P19 Booval Swifts1968 1979 Easts Brisbane 226 50 0 0 150Total 226 50 0 0 150RepresentativeYears Team Pld T G FG P1969 79 Queensland 15Coaching informationClubYears Team Gms W D L W 1982 85 Wynnum ManlyRepresentativeYears Team Gms W D L W 1985 Queensland 3 1 0 2 33Source QRLHe played club football in Queensland for the Booval Swifts and Eastern Suburbs club of the Brisbane Rugby League and represented his state on fifteen occasions As captain coach of Easts Morris helped the club to success in the BRL Premiership in 1972 1977 and 1978 In his first year after retiring as a player Morris coached the Wynnum Manly Seagulls to victory in the 1982 Brisbane Rugby League premiership He did this again in 1984 For the 1985 State of Origin series Morris was appointed coach of the Queensland team but lost two of the three matches that year so was dropped That year he coached Wynnum Manly to a second consecutive Brisbane Rugby League premiership grand final but lost to Souths He served as Chief Executive Officer of the Eastern Suburbs Tigers from 2007 to 2016 continuing an association with the club that dates back to 1968 He was also an Australian national selector 1 Morris was awarded an Order of Australia Medal OAM in the 2021 Australia Day Honours for For service to rugby league 2 References Edit ARL 2008 Australian Rugby Football League 2008 Annual Report PDF Australian Rugby Football League Limited p 1 Archived from the original PDF on 17 March 2012 Retrieved 2009 07 19 Australia Day 2021 Honours List PDF Governor General of Australia Retrieved 25 January 2021 External links EditDes Morris at rugbyleagueproject com Queensland representatives at qrl com au This Australian rugby league football biography is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Des Morris amp oldid 1119613373, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
