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Dale Morris Personal information Full name Dale Morris Date of birth 29 December 1982 Original team Werribee (VFL) Draft #19, 2005 Rookie Draft, Western Bulldogs Height/Weight 190cm / 93kg Position(s) Defender Club information Current club Western Bulldogs Number 38 Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 2005– Western Bulldogs 151 (3) International team honours Years Team Games (Goals) 2005 Australia 2 1 Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .Career highlights - All-Australian Team 2008
Dale Morris (born 29 December 1982) is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Western Bulldogs.
Morris spent four years playing for Werribee Football Club in the Victorian Football League before being added to the Bulldogs' rookie list in the 2004 Rookie Draft. He quickly cemented his place in the Western Bulldogs' lineup, impressing many with his pace and consistency as a defender, and finished with 17 games for season 2005. He was elevated to the senior list at the end of 2005.
Morris was selected in the back pocket of the 2008 All-Australian team, his first nomination.
Morris plays in guernsey number 38.
In Round 21, 2011, against the Essendon Bombers, Morris suffered a broken tibia in his lower right leg which prematurely ended his season.[1]
References
- ^ "Bulldog down". Australian Football League. 13 August 2011. http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/120931/default.aspx. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
External links
- Dale Morris's profile on the Official AFL Website of the Western Bulldogs Football Club
- Dale Morris's statistics from AFL Tables
Western Bulldogs – current squad 1 Grant · 2 Murphy · 3 Wallis · 4 Cross · 5 Boyd (c) · 7 Higgins · 9 Gilbee · 10 Sherman · 12 Williams · 13 Giansiracusa · 16 Griffen · 17 Cooney · 19 Jones · 21 Liberatore · 22 Addison · 23 Roughead · 24 Schofield · 25 Hargrave · 26 Skinner · 27 Minson · 29 Wood · 30 Howard · 31 Mulligan · 32 Veszpremi · 33 Djerrkura · 34 Tutt · 35 Hill · 36 Lake · 37 Markovic · 38 Morris · 39 Johannissen* · 40 Dahlhaus · 41 Hooper · 42 Picken · 43 Barlow* · 44 Moles · 45 Prato* · 48 Panos · 49 Cordy
Coach: McCartney
* denotes Rookie Listed players
2008 All-Australian team Defenders
Dale Morris (Western Bulldogs) • Matthew Scarlett (Geelong) • Tom Harley (Geelong) (vice-captain)
Luke Hodge (Hawthorn) • Nathan Bock (Adelaide) • Sam Fisher (St Kilda)Forwards
Steve Johnson (Geelong) • Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda) • Brent Harvey (North Melbourne)
Brendan Fevola (Carlton) • Lance Franklin (Hawthorn) • Paul Medhurst (Collingwood)Interchange
Corey Enright (Geelong) • Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle) • Matthew Richardson (Richmond) • Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle)Australian squad – 2005 International Rules Series Categories:- Western Bulldogs players
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
- All-Australians
- Doutta Stars Football Club players
- Australian rules biography, 1980s birth stubs
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