Don Harris (Australian footballer)

Don 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).

Don Harris
Harris in 1931
Personal information
Full name Don Harris
Date of birth 27 June 1905
Date of death 11 August 1979(1979-08-11) (aged 74)
Original team(s) Burnley
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1926–1930 Richmond 64 (5)
1931–1932 Collingwood 32 (3)
Total 96 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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]

References
  1. "Don Harris". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  2. "Don Harris - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  4. 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


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