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Max Morris
Date of birth: (1925-03-13)March 13, 1925
Place of birth: Norris City, Illinois
Date of death: January 8, 1998(1998-01-08) (aged 72)
Career information
Position(s): End
College: Northwestern
Organizations
 As player:
1946–1947
1948
Chicago Rockets
Brooklyn Dodgers
Career highlights and awards
Honors: First-team All-American, 1945
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com
Forward
Personal information
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
CollegeNorthwestern (1944–1946)
Career history
1946–1947Chicago American Gears
1947–1950Sheboygan Red Skins
Career highlights and awards
* Consensus first team All-American (1946)

Glen Max Morris (March 13, 1925 – January 8, 1998) was a professional American football and basketball player. He was a consensus All-American in both sports for Northwestern University and later played professional football for the Chicago Rockets and Brooklyn Dodgers of the All-America Football Conference. He also played in the NBA for the Sheboygan Red Skins.

Biography[]

Morris was born in Norris City, Illinois and attended Frankfort Community High School in West Frankfort, Illinois where the high school gymnasium is named after Morris.[1] He later attended the University of Illinois and Northwestern University.

Morris was the last Northwestern athlete to be selected as an first-team All-American in two sports.[2] He was a consensus All-American football player at the end position in 1945.[3] That year, Morris set a Big Ten Conference single-game record with 158 receiving yards in a game against Minnesota.[4]

Morris was also selected as a consensus All-American basketball player at the forward position in 1946.[5] He won the Big Ten Conference basketball individual scoring championship in both 1945 and 1946.[6]

After graduating from Northwestern, Morris played three seasons of professional football in the All-America Football Conference for the Chicago Rockets (1946–1947) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1948). He played in a total of 39 professional football games and had 53 receptions for 677 yards.[7]

Besides playing professional football, Morris played four seasons of professional basketball in the NBL and NBA with the Chicago American Gears and the Sheboygan Red Skins.[8][9]

In 1984, Morris was a charter inductee into the Northwestern Athletics Hall of Fame.[10]

See also[]

References[]

  1. http://www.wfschools.org/education/sportszone/sportszone.php?sectionid=423&linkid=nav-menu-container-4-43
  2. "Max Morris profile". Northwestern University Athletics. http://nusports.cstv.com/genrel/morris_max00.html.
  3. Consensus All-American designations based on the NCAA guide to football award winners
  4. "Wisconsin". Wisconsin State Journal. 1952-11-28.
  5. NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-11-17. Archived 2009-05-04.
  6. Henry J. McCormick (1960-03-09). "Playing the Game: 22 Years Between Scoring Champions". Wisconsin State Journal.
  7. "Max Morris statistics". databasefootball.com. http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MORRIMAX01. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  8. Official NBA Encyclopedia. Doubleday, 2000. pg. 659
  9. "Max Morris statistics". basketball-reference.com. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/morrima01.html. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  10. "Northwestern Athletics Hall of Fame". Northwestern University Athletics. http://nusports.cstv.com/ot/nw-hall-of-fame.html.

Template:1945 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans Template:1946 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans

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