George Morrissey Jr.

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = George Morrissey

| image =

| fullname = George Morrissey

| birth_date = {{birth date|1908|03|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Timor, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1979|08|25|1908|03|10|df=y}}

| death_place = Heidelberg, Victoria

| originalteam = Brunswick Juniors

| height = 174 cm

| weight = 76 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1931

| years1 = 1927–1928

| club1 = {{AFL NM}}

| games_goals1 = {{0}}4 (0)

| years2 = 1931

| club2 = {{AFL Car}}

| games_goals2 = {{0}}9 (2)

| games_goalstotal = 13 (2)

| careerhighlights =

}}

George Morrissey (10 March 1908 – 25 August 1979){{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/George%2BMorrissey/4720|title=George Morrissey - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=17 December 2014}} was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=597}} His father, George, also played in the VFL for St Kilda.

Morrissey later served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II.{{cite web |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=960925&c=WW2 |title=World War II Roll: George Morrissey |publisher=Department of Veterans Affairs}}