Australian Football

A giant ruckman who won the Morrish Medal and represented Victorian U19s as a 17-year-old in 1961, Terry Johnston played exhibition matches for Melbourne against Geelong in North America in 1963 but failed to establish himself in the powerful Demon combination. He moved to Queensland in 1965 and was a member of Morningside's first premiership side, playing a key role with rover Terry Devery as the club shed its 'easybeat' tag. He won The Courier-Mail Trophy and Morningside Best and Fairest in 1967, represented Queensland in 1965 and 1966, and won the Grogan Medal in 1969. 

After his retirement he coached junior teams at Morningside and was politically active within the Queensland labor movement. Sadly, he died tragically at an early age. It was not a surprise when he was named in the Morningside Team of the Half-Century in 2001. 

Author - Murray Bird and Peter Blucher