Joseph Ernest Harrison (6 January 1903 – 16 September 1977)
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
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United King ...
in the
Victorian Football League
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 ...
(VFL).
Family
His brother,
Henry Hopetoun "Harry" Harrison (1901–1972) also played VFL football.
Football
Harrison was a member of a premiership side in his debut season with Essendon, playing at half back in the club's
1923 Grand Final win. He went on to play 64 games for Essendon, winning their
Best and Fairest
In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...
award in 1926.
See also
*
1927 Melbourne Carnival
The 1927 Melbourne Carnival was the sixth Australian National Football Carnival: an Australian rules football interstate competition.
New South Wales caused the biggest upset of the carnival when they defeated Tasmania by three points and, also, ...
Notes
References
* Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
External links
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1903 births
1977 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Essendon Football Club players
Essendon Football Club Premiership players
Crichton Medal winners
One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
People from Preston, Victoria
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