Ron Morgan
Fitzroy
AFL career
8 games8 goals
- Debut
- R1 1954 v GEE17 Apr 1954
- Most recent
- R10 1954 v SME26 June 1954
Stats
Bio
Recruited from Morwell in the Latrobe Valley, Ron Morgan was a tall, robust key position prospect who made a brief but effective cameo for Fitzroy during the mid-1950s. Standing 188cm—a significant height for the era—he offered the Lions a strong aerial target capable of playing as a key forward or pinch-hitting in the ruck. He was immediately selected for the opening round of the 1954 season and proved to be a reliable avenue to goal, booting eight majors in his eight senior appearances, including a three-goal haul against North Melbourne. Despite averaging a goal a game and showing promise as a contested marker, his VFL career was confined to that solitary winter, with Morgan departing Brunswick Street after a short but statistically tidy tenure at the highest level.
Profile
- Born
- 21 Dec 1931
- Died
- 28 Mar 2013 (aged 81y 97d)
- Height
- 188 cm
- Weight
- 89 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from Morwell in the Latrobe Valley, Ron Morgan was a tall, robust key position prospect who made a brief but effective cameo for Fitzroy during the mid-1950s. Standing 188cm—a significant height for the era—he offered the Lions a strong aerial target capable of playing as a key forward or pinch-hitting in the ruck. He was immediately selected for the opening round of the 1954 season and proved to be a reliable avenue to goal, booting eight majors in his eight senior appearances, including a three-goal haul against North Melbourne. Despite averaging a goal a game and showing promise as a contested marker, his VFL career was confined to that solitary winter, with Morgan departing Brunswick Street after a short but statistically tidy tenure at the highest level.