Australian rules footballer
| Horrie Dawson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | John Horace McGregor Dawson | ||
| Date of birth | 23 April 1910 | ||
| Date of death | 2 September 1982(1982-09-02) (aged 72) | ||
| Original team(s) | Old Scotch | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1931–1940 | Fitzroy | 140 (62) | |
| Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
John Horace McGregor "Horrie" Dawson (23 April 1910 – 2 September 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Dawson was the nephew of two Fitzroy premiership players, Fred Fontaine and Ern Jenkins. Recruited from Old Scotch, he started his career as a forward and was Fitzroy's second leading goal-kicker, behind Jack Moriarty, in 1932 when he kicked 21 goals. He followed it up with a 22-goal effort in the 1933 VFL season. Shifted to defence, Dawson did well in the 1934 Brownlow Medal count, with nine votes. He equaled that effort in 1937, which was also the year that he represented the VFL for the first time.
References
- "Great Scot". Scotch College. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
- ^ "AFL Tables: Horrie Dawson". afltables.com.
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