Wilbur 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 for South Melbourne

Sydney Swans

The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL).

Harris was a ruckman, recruited from South Australian club West Torrens

West Torrens Football Club

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. He originally had trouble establishing a spot in the South Melbourne side but managed to secure the position of 19th man in the 1934 VFL Grand Final

1934 VFL Grand Final

The 1934 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 13 October 1934. It was the 38th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...

. Only by 1937 was Harris a regular in the team and he kicked 12 of his 19 career goals that year.