George Henry Morrison (1 February 1873 – 8 August 1942) was an

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 who played with St Kilda in the

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(VFL).

Family

The son of the tailor, Robert William Morrison, and Margaret Jane Morrison (1835-1885), née McBain, George Henry Morrison (later known as Henry George Morrison) was born at

North Melbourne, Victoria North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. North Melbourne recorded a population of 14,953 at the ...

on 1 February 1873. He married Honorah Veronica Bailey (1880-1918) in 1904. They had two children: Irene, and Henry George.

Football

Richmond (VFA)

Recruited from Cheltenham, he played in 10 matches (2 goals) for Richmond in the VFA in 1895 and 1896, before transferring, during 1896 to Fremantle, West Australia.

St Kilda (VFL)

Cleared from Richmond in May 1899, Morrison played 5 games for St Kilda in the

1899 VFL season The 1899 VFL season was the third season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured eight clubs, ran from 13 May until 16 September, and comprised a 14- ...

: the first, against Fitzroy, at the Brunswick Street Oval, on 27 May 1899, and the last, against Collingwood, at the Junction Oval on 15 July 1899.

Death

Henry George Morrison died at

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on 8 August 1942.Deaths: Morrison, ''The Age'', (Monday, 10 August 1942), p. 5.
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Notes

References

* Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014), ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: Every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.)'', Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing.
Pennings, Mark (2016), ''Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's early History: Volume 4: Tough Times: Victorian Football loses its Way, 1891 to 1896'', Brunswick, Victoria: Grumpy Monks Publishing.

External links

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VFA Players, ''Tigerland Archive''.
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