Mel Morris

Mel Morris
Personal information
Date of birth	(1895-06-08)8 June 1895
Date of death	3 May 1956(1956-05-03) (aged 60)
Original team(s)	Wesley College/Elsternwick FC
Height / weight	178cm / 76kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1921–1926	Richmond	89 (148)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1926	Richmond	18 (9–9–0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
Career highlights
Richmond Premiership Player 1921 Richmond Best and Fairest 1922 Richmond Leading Goalkicker 1924, 1925 Richmond Captain/Coach 1926 Victorian Games:- 3

Mel Morris (8 June 1895 – 3 May 1956) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1921 and 1926 for the Richmond Football Club. He was Captain/Coach of Richmond for the 1926 season.

Morris was also a pioneer football commentator with the Australian Broadcasting Company and later the Australian Broadscasting Commission.

References

Richmond Football Club 1921 VFL premiers

Richmond 5.6 (36) defeated Carlton 4.8 (32), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Herbert 1. Minogue (c) 2. Bayliss 4. James 4. McIntosh 5. Thorp 7. Taylor 8. Carew 10. Smith 11. Morris 13. Turnbull 15. R. Weatherill 17. Don 22. Hall 28. G. Weatherill 29. Hislop 32. Hughes 33. Harley

Coach: Minogue

Coaches of the Richmond Football Club

1908–1909: Condon 1910: Hall 1911: Incigneri 1912: C. Pannam 1913: Jenkins 1914–1916: Ricketts 1917: Maybury 1918: Nolan 1919: Clark 1920–1925: Minogue 1926: Morris 1927–1932: Hughes 1933: Schmidt 1934–1940: Bentley 1937: Titus 1941–1952: Dyer 1941: Titus 1953–1955: A. Pannam 1956: Oppy 1957–1960: McDonald 1961–1963: Rowe 1964: Harris 1964–1965: Smith 1965: Titus 1966–1976: Hafey 1971: Howell 1976–1978: Richardson 1979–1981: Jewell 1982–1983: Bourke 1984: Patterson 1985: Sproule 1985–1987: Jewell 1988–1991: Bartlett 1992: Jeans 1993–1995: Northey 1996–1997: Walls 1997–1999: Gieschen 2000–2004: Frawley 2005–2009: Wallace 2009: Rawlings 2010–: Hardwick

Italics denote caretaker coach

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