Hugh Morris (Australian footballer)

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.

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 career^1
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

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.

External links

• Hugh Morris at AustralianFootball.com
• Hugh Morris's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Hugh Morris's playing statistics from The VFA Project