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Maurie Herring

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Maurie Herring
Personal information
Full name Maurice Stanley Herring
Date of birth (1879-09-21)21 September 1879
Place of birth Kyneton, Victoria
Date of death 24 June 1962(1962-06-24) (aged 82)
Original team(s) Melbourne Grammar
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897–1904 Melbourne 68 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
Career highlights
  • Melbourne premiership player 1900
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Maurice "Maurie" Stanley Herring (21 September 1879 – 24 June 1962) was an Australian rules football player at the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He became one of the club's first premiership players, playing in the 1900 VFL Grand Final, under the captaincy of Dick Wardill. Herring made his debut against Geelong in round 2 of the 1897 VFL season, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[1]

In June 1902 he entered Trinity College while undertaking studies at the University of Melbourne.

References

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  1. ^ "Heritage Numbers – 0 – 500". Melbourne Football Club. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
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