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Des Morris

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Date of birth20 April 1948(age 62)

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Des Morris (born 20 April 1948) is an Australian former rugby league footballer, coach and administrator.

He played club football in Queensland for the Booval Swifts and Eastern Suburbs club of the Brisbane Rugby League, and represented his state on fifteen occasions. As captain-coach of Easts, Morris helped the club to success in the BRL Premiership a number of times in the 1970s.

In 1985 Morris was appointed coach of the Queensland State of Origin team, but lost two of the three matches that year so was dropped. He has since been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Eastern Suburbs Tigers, continuing an association with the club that dates back to 1968. He is also an Australian national selector.


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Johnathan Thurston warned against early return by Queensland selectors - Courier Mail Tweet this news
Courier Mail--"If there is any risk, I'd rather he didn't play," chairman of selectors -Des Morris- said. "I'm sure the doctors won't take any chances with him, ... - Date : Thu, 13 May 2010 14:13:07 GMT+00:00
1st TOUCH MOBILISES PRODUCTIVITY AND SERVICE LEVEL DELIVERY FOR NORTHWARDS ... - Response Source (press release) Tweet this news
Response Source (press release)--Commenting on the roll-out, -Des Morris-, Managing Director of MWL says; “The roll out of the 1st Touch technology, was really well managed, ... - Date : Wed, 26 May 2010 11:02:34 GMT+00:00

Club statistics
YearsTeamAppsTriesGoalsField GoalsPoints
- Booval Swifts
- Easts (Brisbane)

Representative football
YearsTeamAppsTriesGoalsField GoalsPoints
1969 - 79 Queensland15

Coaching Representative
YearsTeamGamesWinDrawLoss
1985 - Queensland312



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