Don Harris (Australian footballer)
| Don Harris | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Don Harris | ||
| Date of birth | 27 June 1905 | ||
| Date of death | 11 August 1979 (aged 74) | ||
| Original team | Burnley | ||
| Height/Weight | 174 cm / 72 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1926-1930 1931-1932 Total | Richmond Collingwood | 64 (5) 32 (3) 96 (8) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1932 season. | |||
Don 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).
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
- ↑ "Don Harris". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ↑ "Don Harris (Richmond & Collingwood)". Full Points Footy.
- ↑ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 AFL Tables: Don Harris
- ↑ The Argus,"A Quiet Day", 26 April 1933, p. 12
- ↑ The Argus,"League Sub-districts", 28 August 1936, p. 15