Alan G. Morrow (born 29 November 1936) is a former
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er in the
VFL
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
.
A hard working tough
ruckman who took on a ruck role when
Carl Ditterich
Carl Robert Ditterich (born 10 October 1945) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also coached Melbourne for two years, as a p ...
missed the
1966 Grand Final due to suspension. St Kilda controversially recruited Morrow and
Bill Stephenson
Bill Stephenson (14 February 1937 – 10 August 2010) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Stephenson, recruited to St Kilda from Sale, was a Victorian representativ ...
from
Sale, illegally offering money.
Morrow was injured early in the
1965 Grand Final, the favoured Saints losing the match in part due to missing Morrow. The Grand Final win in 1966 was his last VFL game.
Morrow moved to
Dandenong in the
Victorian Football Association in 1967 as captain-coach, and led Dandenong to its first Division 1 premiership that season.
See also
*
1967 VFA Grand Final
References
External links
St Kilda Hall of Fame Profile
1936 births
Living people
St Kilda Football Club players
St Kilda Football Club Premiership players
Dandenong Football Club players
Dandenong Football Club coaches
Sale Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
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