# Len Morrison

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**Leonard Graham Morrison** (23 December 1872 – 16 November 1922) was an [Australian rules footballer](/source/Australian_rules_football) who played with [Carlton](/source/Carlton_Football_Club) in the [Victorian Football League](/source/Australian_Football_League) (VFL),[1] and with [North Melbourne](/source/North_Melbourne_Football_Club) in the [Victorian Football Association (VFA)](/source/Victorian_Football_League).

## Family

The son of Martin Nevis Morrison, and Isabella Morrison, née Graham, Leonard Graham Morrison was born at [Amphitheatre, Victoria](/source/Amphitheatre,_Victoria) on 23 December 1872.

He married Martha Baker in 1907.

## North Melbourne (VFA)

Recruited from Victorian Junior Football Association team Albion United in 1893, he first played for North Melbourne in the VFA competition from 1893 to 1895.[2]

## Imperials (WAFA)

Morrison was recruited from North Melbourne by the [Imperials Football Club](/source/Imperials_Football_Club) in 1896,[3] and played for the club in 1896 and 1897.[4][5]

The Imperials disbanded at the end of the 1897 season. While many of its players transferred to the [East Fremantle Football Club](/source/East_Fremantle_Football_Club) (which entered the WAFA competition in 1898), Morrison and his team-mate [Tommy O'Dea](/source/Tommy_O'Day) went to Carlton in 1898.

## Carlton (VFL)

On 13 May 1898, Morrison and [Tommy O'Dea](/source/Tommy_O'Day) were cleared to play for the VFL team, Carlton;[6] that is, rather than their former VFA team, North Melbourne.[7]

He made his debut for Carlton in the [14 May 1898 match against South Melbourne](/source/1898_VFL_season#Round_1).[8]

Neither Morrison nor his team-mate [Pat Considine](/source/Pat_Considine) were able to take the field for Carlton's match against Geelong, at the [Corio Oval](/source/Corio_Oval), [on Saturday, 8 July 1899](/source/1899_VFL_season#Round_9). They were both waiting on the platform at the North Melbourne Railway Station, and the train they were scheduled to catch sped through the station without stopping.[9]

## North Melbourne (VFA)

Granted a clearance from Carlton on 4 June 1902,[10] Morrison played 61 games in his second stint with the VFA team, North Melbourne, over four seasons — including the team's 1903 Grand Final victory over Richmond,[11] and its 1905 Grand Final loss to Richmond[12] — and kicked a total of 20 goals.

## Death

He died at his North Melbourne residence on 16 November 1922.[13]

## Notes

1. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009). *The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897*. 8th ed. Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 596. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.

1. [Football: The Season Opens: Carlton v. North Melbourne, *The Herald*, (Friday, 5 May 1893), p.3.](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241464493)

1. ["'Mantle", "Notes from the Port", *The West Australian*, (Saturday, 2 May 1896), p.3.](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3088325)

1. [Imperial Football Club, *The (Perth) Daily News*, (Saturday, 16 May 1896), p.2.](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/84725878)

1. [Football: Fremantle v. Imperials, *The Western Mail*, (Friday, 10 September 1897), p.42.](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/33143901)

1. [Football, *The Herald*, (Saturday, 14 May 1898), p.3.](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241615227)

1. [Gossip, *The Sportsman*, (Tuesday, 17 May 1898), p.6.](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/227737521)

1. [Carlton Redivivus—Beat South Melbourne, (Monday, 16 May 1898), p.7.](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/191508821)

1. [Geelong v. Carlton, *The Age*, (Monday, 10 July 1899), p.3.](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202621035)

1. [Football, *The Argus*, (Thursday, 5 June 1902), p.8.](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9062930)

1. [Football, *The Argus*, (Monday, 21 September 1903), p.7.](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10573152)

1. [Final Match: North Melbourne v. Richmond, *The North Melbourne Courier and West Melbourne Advertiser*, (Friday, 13 Oct 1905), p.3.](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/108831440/10111632)

1. [Deaths: Morrison, *The Argus*, (Friday, 17 November 1922), p.1.](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1855487)

## External links

- [Len Morrison's profile](http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Len+Morrison) at Blueseum
- [Les Morrison (sic): *The VFA Project*.](http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Morrison,_Les.php)
- [Len Morrison: *Boyles Football photos*.](http://boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Len+Morrison)

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