Maurie Herring Explained

Maurie Herring
Fullname:Maurice Stanley Herring
Birth Date:21 September 1879
Birth Place:Kyneton, Victoria
Originalteam:Melbourne Grammar
Statsend:1904
Years1:1897–1904
Games Goals1:68 (3)
Careerhighlights:
  • Melbourne premiership player 1900

Maurice "Maurie" Stanley Herring (21 September 1879 – 24 June 1962) was an Australian rules football player at the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He became one of the club's first premiership players, playing in the 1900 VFL Grand Final, under the captaincy of Dick Wardill. Herring made his debut against in round 2 of the 1897 VFL season, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[1]

In June 1902 he entered Trinity College while undertaking studies at the University of Melbourne.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Heritage Numbers – 0 – 500 . Melbourne Football Club . 18 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120815134334/http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7415/newsid/17244/default.aspx . 15 August 2012 .