Digby Morrell (born 10 October 1979) is a former

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er who played with the

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and Carlton in the

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(AFL). From Western Australia, Morrell played his early senior football for West Perth. His 44-game senior career for the Falcons spanned 1998–2000, and he was the club's leading goalkicker in 2000. At the age of 21, Morrell was recruited to the Australian Football League by the North Melbourne Football Club with its third round selection in the 2001 AFL Rookie Draft. As a forward he twice kicked five goals during his time with the Kangaroos. The first was in a losing cause against Sydney in 2002 and the other the following season in a drawn game against Brisbane. After the 2003 season, Morrell was traded, along with David Teague, to the Carlton Football Club in exchange for

Corey McKernan Corey McKernan (born 19 December 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Kangaroos and Carlton Blues in the Australian Football League (AFL). A dual Premiership player, a one-time All-Australian at Nort ...

. He played 32 games for the Blues before being delisted at the end of 2005. He continued to play

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(VFL) football with the

Northern Bullants The Northern Bullants are a semi-professional Australian rules football club that currently competes in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The club, which is based in the Melbourne suburb of Preston, plays its home games at Preston City Ov ...

, Carlton's in 2006, and acted as playing assistant coach in 2007. In 2008, he shifted to the

Box Hill Hawks The Box Hill Hawks Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Box Hill, currently competing in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the VFL Women's (VFLW). Since 2000, Box Hill has had a reserves a ...

, before retiring from playing at the end of the season. From 2009 until 2013, Morrell was the senior coach of the

Strathmore Football Club Strathmore Football Club is an Australian rules football club located 7 km north west of Melbourne in the suburb of Strathmore and was founded in 1954 as a junior club. The senior club was established in 1957. The club originally played ...

in the

Essendon District Football League The Essendon District Football League (EDFL) is a semi-professional Australian rules football league competition based in Essendon, Victoria, consisting of teams based in the north-west suburbs of Melbourne. Founded in 1930, the men's competi ...

, leading the club to the 2011 Premier Division premiership.from 2014 - 2018 he was the senior coach of the

West Coburg Football Club The West Coburg Football Club is an Australian rules football club located 8 km north west of Melbourne in the suburb of Coburg, Victoria, Coburg. The club fields senior and junior teams in the Essendon District Football League (EDFL). H ...

, also in the EDFL. In September 2018 he was appointed new coach of the

Pascoe Vale Football Club The Pascoe Vale Sports Club is an Australian rules football club 11 km north-west of Melbourne in the suburb of Pascoe Vale. The club is affiliated with the Essendon District Football League. History The club was founded in 1918 and mo ...

. In September 2023 Pascoe Vale announced that Morrell would no longer coach the Club and had been replaced by Leigh Tudor. He currently teaches physical education at the

Parade College Parade College is a private Catholic secondary school for boys. It is located across two campuses in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; one at Bundoora; the other, away, at Preston. The school is a member of Edmund Rice E ...

Bundoora campus in Melbourne.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morrell, Digby 1979 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Western Australia West Perth Football Club players North Melbourne Football Club players Carlton Football Club players Box Hill Football Club players Northern Bullants players