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 oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played in the

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between 1921 and 1926 for the

Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football team playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victo ...

. He was Captain/Coach of

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for the 1926 season. Morris was also a pioneer football commentator with the

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and later the

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References

*Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', 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