Horrie Dawson

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1910}}

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

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Horrie Dawson

| image =

| fullname = John Horace McGregor Dawson

| birth_date = 23 April 1910

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|1982|9|2|1910|4|23|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = Old Scotch

| height = 183 cm

| weight = 80 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1940

| years1 = 1931–1940

| club1 = Fitzroy

| games_goals1 = 140 (62)

| careerhighlights =

}}

John Horace McGregor "Horrie" Dawson (23 April 1910 – 2 September 1982){{cite web|url=https://www.scotch.vic.edu.au/greatscot/2010decGS/58a.htm|title=Great Scot|publisher=Scotch College|accessdate=19 September 2014}} 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.{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/H/Horrie_Dawson.html |title=AFL Tables: Horrie Dawson |website=afltables.com}} 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.