Mel Morris

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer and coach}}

{{about|the Australian rules footballer|the English businessman|Mel Morris (businessman)}}

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

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

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Mel Morris

| image =

| fullname = Melville Arthur Leslie Morris

| birth_date = {{birth date|1895|6|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = St Kilda, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1956|5|3|1895|6|8|df=y}}

| death_place = Sassafras, Victoria

| originalteam = Wesley College/Elsternwick FC

| height = 178 cm

| weight = 76 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1926

| years1 = 1921–1926

| club1 = Richmond

| games_goals1 = 89 (148)

| coachyears1 = 1926

| coachclub1 = Richmond

| coachgames_wins1 = 18 (9–9–0)

| careerhighlights = *Richmond Premiership Player 1921

• Richmond Leading Goalkicker 1924, 1925
• Richmond Captain/Coach 1926
• Victorian Games:- 3

}}

Melville Arthur Leslie Morris (8 June 1895 – 3 May 1956) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1921 and 1926 for the Richmond Football Club.{{Cite web |title=ATHLETICS - SPORTS AND PASTIMES. By Chas. Merrick. FOOTBALL. Results of Matches. LEAGUE - Advocate (Melbourne, Vic. : 1868 - 1954) - 4 Aug 1921 |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171239943 |access-date=2024-07-21 |newspaper=Advocate |date=4 August 1921 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=PLAYERS' DINNER. - Richmond Guardian (Vic. : 1884 - 1885; 1894 - 1897; 1900 - 1930) - 2 May 1925 |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article267657662 |access-date=2024-07-21 |newspaper=Richmond Guardian |date=2 May 1925 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Mel. Morris, Cargee Greeves, & Coventry Brothers—Four Prominent Victorians - Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954) - 2 Aug 1924 |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article185068242 |access-date=2024-07-21 |newspaper=Sporting Globe |date=2 August 1924 |language=en}}

==Football==

He was captain/coach of Richmond for the 1926 season.{{Cite web |title=MEL MORRIS, COACH. - Richmond Guardian (Vic. : 1884 - 1885; 1894 - 1897; 1900 - 1930) - 10 Apr 1926 |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article267672071 |access-date=2024-07-21 |newspaper=Richmond Guardian |date=10 April 1926 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=League Captains MEL MORRIS - Wesley Owns Him ALL-ROUND SPORT - The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956) - 11 Jun 1926 |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article274984187 |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Trove |language=en}}