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| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets — No. N/A | |
| Halfback/Quarterback | |
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| Date of birth: February 9, 1893 | |
| Place of birth: Dade County, Georgia | |
| Career history | |
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| High school: Central (Chattanooga) | |
| College(s): Georgia Tech (1914–1916) | |
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Douglas Eaton "Froggie" Morrison (February 9, 1893 – April 26, 1973) was an American college football player and colonel. He attended Chattanooga Central High School.
Georgia Tech[]
Morrison was a prominent running back for John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was captain of the 1915 team, selected All-Southern.[1] He led the team at quarterback for the 222–0 defeat of Cumberland in 1916.[2] Morrison was a catcher on the baseball team.[3] He returned to Tech as an assistant coach in 1933 after serving in World War I and a sixteen-year hiatus from college football.[4]
Retirement[]
He retired to Trenton, Georgia.
References[]
- ↑ Dick Jemison (November 30, 1915). "Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution.
- "Georgia Tech Football Team of 1915 (Varsity)". http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/12475.
- Louis Henry Baker (1945). Football: Facts and Figures. p. 313. https://books.google.com/books?ei=F5ORVN2MJoGNgwSirYKYBA&id=V5dAAAAAMAAJ&dq=1915+%22d+e+morrison%22+tech+football&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=1915+%22d+e+morrison%22. - ↑ "PLAY-BY-PLAY GEORGIA TECH 222, CUMBERLAND 0". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. October 7, 1916. Archived from the original on July 4, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070704123052/http://www2.cumberland.edu/about/gotc/pbp.html. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
- http://www.chattanoogan.com/2016/10/7/333529/John-Shearer-Froggie-Morrison-Of.aspx - ↑ "Georgia Meets Tech This Afternoon On Sanford Field Greatest Game of the Season". Athens Banner. May 18, 1917. http://athnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/athnewspapers-j2k/view?docId=bookreader/adb/adb1917/adb1917-0790.mets.xml#page/1/mode/1up.
- ↑ "Froggy Morrison Slated To Return Tech; Bulldogs Driven". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 10, 1933. https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/ajc_historic/access/1102277872.html?dids=1102277872:1102277872&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Sep+10%2C+1933&author=Tobe+Edwards&pub=The+Atlanta+Constitution+(1881-2001)&edition=&startpage=3B&desc=Froggy+Morrison+Slated+To+Return+Tech%3B+Bulldogs+Driven. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
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