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Early in 1985, prior to the beginning of the season, Morris was involved in a motor boat accident which left him with serious burns. He returned late in the 1985 season and made a handful of appearances off the bench that year and in 1986 but never fully recovered enough to fully resurrect his SANFL
283:. He played the game aggressively and was always hard on the ball. As a result he was particularly injury prone and over the course of his career suffered many injuries including broken legs, a broken jaw and broken wrist. In 1983 he was a member of West's premiership side which defeated
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showed faith in Morris who didn't let his coach or team mates down and was one of the team's best players on the day. Kerley finally took Morris off the ground midway through the final quarter when The Bloods had the game well in hand.
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Geoff Morris served as West
Adelaide's head coach in 1994 and 1995, taking the club to 8th and 5th in his two seasons in charge. Following his stint back at Westies Morris became an assistant coach with
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in the Grand Final, having to overcome a hamstring injury to be passed fit to play. To do this Morris spent a lot of grand final week at the
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career. After leaving West
Adelaide, Morris played briefly in the Northern Territory with the
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stables using machines used on horses in a successful bid to play. Wests coach
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1122:Australian rules footballers from South Australia
251:who played 220 games and kicked 316 goals for
176:Playing statistics correct to the end of 1986.
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257:South Australian National Football League
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16:Australian rules footballer and coach
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1132:West Adelaide Football Club coaches
1127:West Adelaide Football Club players
247:(born 3 October 1954) is a former
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259:(SANFL) between 1973 and 1986.
271:'s second-most-populous city,
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968:1979 State of Origin Carnival
301:1979 State of Origin Carnival
1142:All-Australians (1953ā1988)
384:West Adelaide Football Club
249:Australian rules footballer
225:West Adelaide Football Club
219:West Adelaide Football Club
21:Australian rules footballer
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334:Australian Football League
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348:at AustralianFootball.com
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664:1979 All-Australian team
289:Morphettville Racecourse
387:ā¢ Team of the Centuries
317:Wanderers Football Club
209:Premiership Player 1983
237:AustralianFootball.com
962:South Australian team
299:He took part in the
281:half-forward flanker
245:Geoffrey Paul Morris
40:Geoffrey Paul Morris
32:Personal information
227:Hall of Fame member
215:Player Life Member
89:Half-forward flank
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221:Life Member 1979
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73:Original team(s)
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54:
52:
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767:North Melbourne
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675:South Australia
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574:Jason Porplyzia
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543:William Dowling
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464:Grantley Fielke
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197:on 7 April 1973
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135:Coaching career
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895:Bruce Monteath
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569:Ryan Ferguson
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824:Michael Tuck
804:Kelvin Moore
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721:Geoff Morris
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701:Kym Hodgeman
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605:Robert Snell
590:Peter Meuret
485:Brian Faehse
480:Bernie Smith
438:Geoff Morris
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421:Half-forward
412:Leon Grosser
407:Roger Luders
395:Full-forward
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27:Geoff Morris
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1147:1954 births
915:Barry Cable
911:) (Captain)
905:Brian Peake
818:Collingwood
814:Peter Moore
794:Bruce Doull
784:David Cloke
711:Peter Jonas
681:Peter Carey
621:Neil Kerley
600:Rodney Pope
564:Bob Loveday
559:Colin Smith
552:Interchange
537:Neil Kerley
532:Mark Mickan
511:Doug Thomas
506:Colin Brown
490:Ken Eustice
293:Neil Kerley
193:debut with
81:Position(s)
1116:Categories
919:East Perth
875:Ken Hunter
454:John Lynch
428:Robert Day
340:References
51:1954-10-03
1016:Gallagher
921:) (Coach)
879:Claremont
747:Sandy Bay
743:Des James
583:Emergency
516:Jeff Bray
499:Full-back
473:Half-back
459:Dick Head
130:220 (316)
1089:Williams
1074:Phillips
1030:Hodgeman
899:Richmond
828:Hawthorn
808:Hawthorn
788:Richmond
779:Victoria
757:Richmond
738:Tasmania
323:Coaching
279:or as a
267:Born in
235:Source:
1099:Coach:
1079:Sorrell
1056:Lindsay
1044:Kennedy
980:Bennett
889:Geelong
848:Fitzroy
838:Geelong
798:Carlton
705:Glenelg
695:Glenelg
685:Glenelg
332:in the
255:in the
156:1994ā95
116:1973ā86
1102:Kerley
1084:Taylor
1064:Morris
1060:Meuret
1025:Hewitt
1020:Graham
1003:Davies
998:Cornes
989:Button
985:Blight
447:Centre
311:team.
263:Career
203:, 1979
1069:Nunan
1052:Lihou
1048:Klomp
1040:Jonas
1035:James
1009:Ebert
993:Carey
614:Coach
305:Perth
285:Sturt
213:SANFL
191:SANFL
165:SANFL
140:Years
125:SANFL
100:Years
525:Ruck
277:Wing
144:Club
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