Melville Arthur Leslie Morris (8 June 1895 – 3 May 1956) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played in the VFL between 1921 and 1926 for the

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Football

He was captain/coach of

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for the 1926 season.

Broadcaster ans commentator

Morris was also a pioneer football commentator with the

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and later the

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Death

He died at

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on 3 May 1956.Deaths: Morris, ''The Argus'', (Saturday, 5 May 1956), p. 5.
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Notes

References

* Hogan P: ''The Tigers of Old: A Complete History of Every Player to Represent the Richmond Football Club between 1908 and 1996'', Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. 1895 births 1956 deaths Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents Richmond Football Club players Richmond Football Club premiership players Richmond Football Club coaches VFL/AFL premiership players People from St Kilda, Victoria People educated at Wesley College (Victoria) {{AFL-bio-1895-stub