Des Morris
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Full name | Desmond John Morris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1948-04-20) 20 April 1948 (age 76) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop, Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: QRL |
Desmond John Morris, OAM (born 20 April 1948) is an Australian former rugby league footballer, coach and administrator.
He played club football in Queensland for the Booval Swifts and Eastern Suburbs club of the Brisbane Rugby League, and represented his state on fifteen occasions. As captain-coach of Easts, Morris helped the club to success in the BRL Premiership in 1972, 1977 and 1978.
In his first year after retiring as a player, Morris coached the Wynnum-Manly Seagulls to victory in the 1982 Brisbane Rugby League premiership. He did this again in 1984. For the 1985 State of Origin series Morris was appointed coach of the Queensland team, but lost two of the three matches that year so was dropped. That year he coached Wynnum Manly to a second consecutive Brisbane Rugby League premiership grand final, but lost to Souths.
He served as chief executive officer of the Eastern Suburbs Tigers from 2007 to 2016, continuing an association with the club that dates back to 1968. He was also an Australian national selector.[1]
Morris was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the 2021 Australia Day Honours, for "For service to rugby league."[2]
References
External links
- Des Morris at rugbyleagueproject.com
- Queensland representatives at qrl.com.au
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- 1980 John MacDonald
- 1981-1984 Arthur Beetson
- 1985 Des Morris
- 1986-1988 Wayne Bennett
- 1989-1990 Arthur Beetson
- 1991-1992 Graham Lowe
- 1993-1994 Wally Lewis
- 1995-1997 Paul Vautin
- 1998 Wayne Bennett
- 1999-2000 Mark Murray
- 2001-2003 Wayne Bennett
- 2004-2005 Michael Hagan
- 2006-2015 Mal Meninga
- 2016-2019 Kevin Walters
- 2020 Wayne Bennett
- 2021 Paul Green
- 2022 Billy Slater
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