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Gordon Morrissey

Gordon Morrissey
Personal information
Full name Gordon Carey Morrissey
Date of birth (1894-07-08)8 July 1894
Place of birth Alphington, Victoria
Date of death 8 March 1970(1970-03-08) (aged 75)
Place of death Ingham, Queensland
Original team(s) University Metropolitan
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1914 University 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gordon Carey Morrissey OBE (8 July 1894 – 8 March 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the University Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) while a medical student at Melbourne University.[1] After University left the VFL at the end of the 1914 season, he remained with the club when it resumed in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA) in 1915.[2]

Morrissey served in World War I before embarking on a medical career in Ingham, Queensland.[3] He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire[4] for his work in addressing an outbreak of Leptospirosis in the Ingham region in the 1930s through introducing the practice of burning cane before harvesting. He later became superintendent of Ingham Hospital.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  2. ^ "JUNIOR ASSOCIATIONS". The Argus. 24 April 1914. p. 17. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Gordon Carey Morrissey – Discovering Anzacs". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. ^ "It's An Honour". Australian Government.
  5. ^ "Doctor Gordon Morrissey". Monuments Australia.
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