Don Harris (Australian footballer) explained

Don Harris
Fullname:Donald Harris
Birth Date:27 June 1905
Birth Place:Corindhap, Victoria
Death Place:Melbourne, Victoria
Originalteam:Burnley
Height:174 cm
Weight:72 kg
Statsend:1932
Years1:1926–1930
Club1:Richmond
Games Goals1:64 (5)
Years2:1931–1932
Club2:Collingwood
Games Goals2:32 (3)
Games Goalstotal:96 (8)

Donald 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Don Harris. Collingwood Forever. 27 August 2014.
  2. Web site: Don Harris - Player Bio. Australian Football. 14 August 2015.
  3. Book: Holmesby, Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 978-1-920910-78-5.
  4. http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/Don_Harris.html AFL Tables: Don Harris
  5. The Argus,"A Quiet Day", 26 April 1933, p. 12
  6. The Argus,"League Sub-districts", 28 August 1936, p. 15