Jimmy Morris (footballer)

Jimmy Morris
Personal information
Full name	Jimmy Morris
Date of birth	(1891-07-16)16 July 1891
Place of birth	Shepparton
Date of death	30 May 1971(1971-05-30) (aged 79)
Original team(s)	Shepparton
Height/Weight	165 cm / 61 kg
Position(s)	Midfield
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1914–17	Carlton	26 (14)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1917 season.

Jimmy Morris (16 July 1891 - 30 May 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Morris made his debut against St Kilda late in the 1914 VFL season and the following week kicked three goals in a win over Richmond. He kept his place in the team for the finals and in just his fifth league game was the rover in Carlton's victorious 1914 Grand Final side. In 1915 he missed just two games all year and was again a premiership player, this time as a wingman. He made just one appearance in 1916, as a centreman in the Grand Final, but this time experienced a loss. This gave him the unusual distinction of appearing in three VFL Grand Finals from his first 25 games. He participated in one further league game the following season and never appeared for Carlton again.

References

Jimmy Morris's statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
Blueseum profile

Carlton Football Club 1914/15 VFL premiers

1914: Carlton 6.9 (45) defeated Fitzroy 4.15 (39), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1915: Carlton 11.12 (78) defeated Collingwood 6.9 (45), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

2/9. Brown 3/2. Daykin 4/3. McDonald 10. O'Brien 15/7. Jamieson 16/5. Haughton 17. Green 19/11. McGregor 19/20. Morris 21/15. Fisher 24/16. Hammond 25. Baud (c 1915) (c) 28/21. Burleigh

Coach: Clark

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