Don Harris (Australian footballer)
Donald Harris (27 June 1905 – 11 August 1979)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Donald Harris | ||
Date of birth | 27 June 1905 | ||
Place of birth | Corindhap, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 11 August 1979 74) | (aged||
Place of death | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Burnley | ||
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1926–1930 | Richmond | 64 (5) | |
1931–1932 | Collingwood | 32 (3) | |
Total | 96 (8) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Harris, a defender, played in three successive grand finals for Richmond but was never a member of a premiership team.[2] The Burnley recruit was a back pocket in the 1926, 1927 and 1928 VFL Grand Finals.[3]
He spent the last two seasons of his league career at Collingwood.[4] His seven votes in the 1932 Brownlow Medal were bettered by only one teammate, Syd Coventry.[4] The year ended with a preliminary final loss and he then retired for business reasons.[5] He however continued participating in amateur football, as the playing coach of Kew in the Sub-District Football Association.[6]
References
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- "Don Harris". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- "Don Harris - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
- AFL Tables: Don Harris
- The Argus,"A Quiet Day", 26 April 1933, p. 12
- The Argus,"League Sub-districts", 28 August 1936, p. 15