Horrie Dawson 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 with Fitzroy

Fitzroy Football Club

The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 (VFL).

Dawson was the nephew of two Fitzroy premiership players, Fred Fontaine

Fred Fontaine

Fred Fontaine was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the VFL.Fontaine played in a variety of positions during his career and was a member of a very successful Fitzroy side, winning four grand finals and losing two...

 and Ern Jenkins

Ern Jenkins

Ernest 'Ern' Jenkins was an Australian rules football player, coach and umpire. Jenkins was uncle of Fitzroy player Horrie Dawson.-Playing career:...

. Recruited from Old Scotch, he started his career as a forward and was Fitzroy's second leading goal-kicker, behind Jack Moriarty

Jack Moriarty

Jack Moriarty was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .- Background :Moriarty, the son of dual Fitzroy premiership player Geoff, was a lightly built full forward who became a spectacular success after leaving Essendon Football Club at the end of 1923 and crossing to...

, in 1932 when he kicked 21 goals. He followed it up with a 22 goal effort in the 1933 VFL season

1933 VFL season

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1933.-Premiership season:In 1933, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man...

. Shifted to defence, Dawson did well in the 1934 Brownlow Medal

Brownlow Medal

The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...

count, with nine votes. He equaled that effort in 1937, which was also the year that he represented the VFL for the first time.