Not to be confused with Carlton premiership player, Dick L. Harris

Dick L. Harris

Richard Leonard "Dick" Harris was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon, Carlton and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League ....

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Richard 'Dick' Harris was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL) between 1934 and 1944 for the Richmond Football Club

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

. He also represented Victoria at interstate football, playing a total of nine games for his state including the 1937 Perth Carnival

1937 Perth Carnival

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Harris played mainly as a rover and was highly successful in front of goals, kicking 51 goals in his debut season. He topped Richmond's goalkicking on three occasions and his career best 64 goals in the 1937 home and away season was the most in the VFL that year. A premiership player in 1934, Harris was a member of another Richmond premiership team in 1943 when he kicked seven goals in their five point Grand Final win against Essendon.

At the end of the 1944 season he left the league and joined VFA club Williamstown

Williamstown Football Club

The Williamstown Football Club, nicknamed The Seagulls, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne and are currently playing in the Victorian Football League...

, helping them to the 1945 premiership.