Australian rules footballer
George Morrissey | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | George Morrissey | ||
Date of birth | (1908-03-10)10 March 1908 | ||
Place of birth | Timor, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 25 August 1979(1979-08-25) (aged 71) | ||
Place of death | Heidelberg, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Brunswick Juniors | ||
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
Playing career | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1927–1928 | North Melbourne | 04 (0) | |
1931 | Carlton | 09 (2) | |
Total | 13 (2) | ||
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
George Morrissey (10 March 1908 – 25 August 1979) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). His father, George, also played in the VFL for St Kilda.
Morrissey later served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II.
Notes
- "George Morrissey - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 597. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
- "World War II Roll: George Morrissey". Department of Veterans Affairs.
External links
- George Morrissey Jr.'s playing statistics from AFL Tables
- George Morrissey Jr.'s playing statistics from The VFA Project
- George Morrissey's profile at Blueseum
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