# Digby Morrell

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**Digby Morrell** (born 10 October 1979) is a former [Australian rules footballer](/source/Australian_rules_football) who played with the [Kangaroos](/source/North_Melbourne_Football_Club) and [Carlton](/source/Carlton_Football_Club) in the [Australian Football League](/source/Australian_Football_League) (AFL).

From Western Australia, Morrell played his early senior football for [West Perth](/source/West_Perth_Football_Club). His 44-game senior career for the Falcons spanned 1998–2000, and he was the club's leading goalkicker in 2000.[1] 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](/source/2000_AFL_Draft).[2] 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](/source/David_Teague_(footballer)), to the Carlton Football Club in exchange for [Corey McKernan](/source/Corey_McKernan). He played 32 games for the Blues before being delisted at the end of 2005. He continued to play [Victorian Football League](/source/Victorian_Football_League) (VFL) football with the [Northern Bullants](/source/Northern_Bullants), Carlton's in 2006, and acted as playing assistant coach in 2007. In 2008, he shifted to the [Box Hill Hawks](/source/Box_Hill_Hawks), before retiring from playing at the end of the season. From 2009 until 2013, Morrell was the senior coach of the [Strathmore Football Club](/source/Strathmore_Football_Club) in the [Essendon District Football League](/source/Essendon_District_Football_League), leading the club to the 2011 Premier Division premiership.from 2014 - 2018 he was the senior coach of the [West Coburg Football Club](/source/West_Coburg_Football_Club), also in the EDFL. In September 2018 he was appointed new coach of the [Pascoe Vale Football Club](/source/Pascoe_Vale_Football_Club). In September 2023 Pascoe Vale announced that Morrell would no longer coach the Club and had been replaced by Leigh Tudor.[3][4]

He currently teaches physical education and mathematics at the [Parade College](/source/Parade_College) Bundoora campus in Melbourne.He also coaches the Parade A teams in ACC including year 7 and 9.

## References

1. ["Digby Morrell (West Perth)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110327105656/http://www.waflonline.com.au/players/view/345). WAFL Online. Archived from [the original](http://www.waflonline.com.au/players/view/345) on 27 March 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.

1. ["Digby Morrell of the Carlton Blues Player Profile and AFL Stats"](http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pp-kangaroos--digby-morrell). Footywire. Retrieved 10 June 2011.

1. May, Brayden (28 September 2023). ["EDFL: Pascoe Vale to have new coach as ex-AFL forward signs on"](https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/localfooty/edfl/edfl-pascoe-vale-to-have-new-coach-as-exafl-forward-signs-on/news-story/0038303298bb59cfa6156f3eb8d01921). *[Herald Sun](/source/Herald_Sun)*

1. Teo Pellizzeri (21 October 2013). ["EDFL: Anthony Rock, Digby Morrell move to new challenges"](http://www.theweeklyreviewmooneevalley.com.au/story/1791529/edfl-anthony-rock-digby-morrell-move-to-new-challenges/news). *The Weekly Review*. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

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