Horrie Dawson Explained

Horrie Dawson
Fullname:John Horace McGregor Dawson
Birth Date:23 April 1910
Originalteam:Old Scotch
Height:183 cm
Weight:80 kg
Statsend:1940
Years1:1931–1940
Club1:Fitzroy
Games Goals1:140 (62)

John Horace McGregor "Horrie" Dawson (23 April 1910 – 2 September 1982)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Dawson was the nephew of two Fitzroy premiership players, Fred Fontaine and Ern Jenkins.[2] Recruited from Old Scotch, he started his career as a forward and was Fitzroy's second leading goal-kicker, behind Jack Moriarty, in 1932 when he kicked 21 goals.[3] He followed it up with a 22-goal effort in the 1933 VFL season.[3] Shifted to defence, Dawson did well in the 1934 Brownlow Medal count, with nine votes.[3] He equaled that effort in 1937, which was also the year that he represented the VFL for the first time.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Great Scot. Scotch College. 19 September 2014.
  2. Book: Holmesby, Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. Web site: AFL Tables: Horrie Dawson . afltables.com.