John_Harris_(Australian_footballer)
John Harris (Australian footballer)
Australian rules footballer, born 1903
John Dennis 'Jiggy' Harris (4 November 1903 – 29 June 1993)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Hawthorn in the VFL.
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Harris during his Collingwood career | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | John Dennis Harris | ||
| Date of birth | 4 November 1903 | ||
| Place of birth | Mildura, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 29 June 1993(1993-06-29) (aged 89) | ||
| Place of death | Camberwell, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Brighton (VFA) | ||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1925–1929 | Collingwood | 088 (48) | |
| 1930–1931 | Hawthorn | 034 (10) | |
| Total | 122 (58) | ||
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1930–1931 | Hawthorn | 36 (9–27–0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
The son of Charles Ernest Harris (1873–1943),[2] and Florence Harris (1876–1954), née Harris,[3] John Dennis Harris was born at Mildura, Victoria on 4 November 1903.
His brother, Stanley William Harris (1909–1964), was a VFL footballer with Richmond and Footscray.
Recruited from Brighton, Harris started his career at Collingwood where he played as both a wingman and half forward flanker. He was a member of Collingwood premiership sides in 1927 and 1928. After being dropped for the 1929 Grand Final, thus missing out on a third successive premiership, Harris left Collingwood and joined Hawthorn as captain-coach. He spent two seasons with Hawthorn before joining VFA club Coburg where he played in a losing grand final in 1933.
- "John Harris". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- Deaths: Harris, The Age, (Friday, 9 July 1943), p.5
- Deaths: Harris, The Age, (Thursday, 26 August 1954), p.11
- John Harris's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- John Harris at AustralianFootball.com
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