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Australian rules footballer (1938–2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brian Joseph Morrison (14 July 1938 – 23 December 2020)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]
Brian Morrison | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Brian Joseph Morrison | ||
Date of birth | 14 July 1938 | ||
Place of birth | Longwood, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 23 December 2020 82) | (aged||
Place of death | Benalla, Victoria[1] | ||
Original team(s) | Avenel Football Club | ||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1960 | Richmond | 6 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1960. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
His grandson, Harry Morrison, plays for Hawthorn in the Australian Football League.[4]
Recruited from Avenel Football Club, where he had played from 1956 to 1959, in 1960, he only played with Richmond for a single season, before returning to Euroa where he worked as a sheep shearer.
He played in six First XVIII matches,[5] and in seven Second XVIII matches as a centreman.[6]
According to Hogan (1996, p.153) he was captain-coach of the Violet Town Football Club in 1964.
He won the Australian Open Shearing title twice — in 1967 and 1968 — and, on 11 February 1972, at the RSL Hall in Euroa, Victoria, he set an Australian record by shearing 410 sheep in a day (i.e., under eight hours).[7]
He was inducted into the Shearers Hall of Fame in 2019.[8][4]
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