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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Brian Joseph Morrison | ||
| Date of birth | 14 July 1938 | ||
| Place of birth | Longwood, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 23 December 2020 (aged 82) | ||
| 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) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1960. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
editHis grandson, Harry Morrison, plays for Hawthorn in the Australian Football League.[4]
Football
editRecruited 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.
Shearer
editHe 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]
Notes
edit- ^ "Tribute: Brian Morrison". Herald Sun.
- ^ "Brian Morrison". Tigerland Archive. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.631.
- ^ a b Adams, Geoff (9 January 2019). "Fame beckons record breaking shearer". Country News. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ Note that Hogan (1996), p.153, states that he played in eight senior matches.
- ^ Hogan (1996), p.153.
- ^ "Sheep Shearing Record In Australia: 8 Hours: Prior to 1995". www.shearingworld.com. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Australian Shearers Hall of Fame Inductees 2019". Shear Outback.
References
edit- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
External links
edit- Brian Morrison's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Brian Morrison at AustralianFootball.com