| Date of birth: | March 13, 1925 |
| Place of birth: | Norris City, Illinois |
| Date of death: | January 8, 1998 (aged 72) |
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| Position(s): | End |
| College: | Northwestern |
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| 1946–1947 1948 |
Chicago Rockets Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Honors: | First-team All-American, 1945 |
| Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
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| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||
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| College | Northwestern (1944–1946) | ||||
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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[]
- 1945 College Football All-America Team
- 1946 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
References[]
- ↑ http://www.wfschools.org/education/sportszone/sportszone.php?sectionid=423&linkid=nav-menu-container-4-43
- ↑ "Max Morris profile". Northwestern University Athletics. http://nusports.cstv.com/genrel/morris_max00.html.
- ↑ Consensus All-American designations based on the NCAA guide to football award winners
- ↑ "Wisconsin". Wisconsin State Journal. 1952-11-28.
- ↑ NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-11-17. Archived 2009-05-04.
- ↑ Henry J. McCormick (1960-03-09). "Playing the Game: 22 Years Between Scoring Champions". Wisconsin State Journal.
- ↑ "Max Morris statistics". databasefootball.com. http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MORRIMAX01. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
- ↑ Official NBA Encyclopedia. Doubleday, 2000. pg. 659
- ↑ "Max Morris statistics". basketball-reference.com. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/morrima01.html. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
- ↑ "Northwestern Athletics Hall of Fame". Northwestern University Athletics. http://nusports.cstv.com/ot/nw-hall-of-fame.html.
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