Froggie Morrison
Appearance
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | |
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Position | Halfback/Quarterback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Dade County, Georgia, U.S. | February 9, 1893
Died: | April 26, 1973 Dade County, Georgia, U.S. | (aged 80)
Career history | |
College | Georgia Tech (1914–1916) |
High school | Central (Chattanooga) |
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
[edit]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
[edit]He retired to Trenton, Georgia.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dick Jemison (November 30, 1915). "Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution.
- "Georgia Tech Football Team of 1915 (Varsity)".
- Louis Henry Baker (1945). Football: Facts and Figures. p. 313. - ^ "PLAY-BY-PLAY GEORGIA TECH 222, CUMBERLAND 0". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. October 7, 1916. Archived from the original on July 4, 2007. 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.
- ^ "Froggy Morrison Slated To Return Tech; Bulldogs Driven". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 10, 1933. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
Categories:
- 1893 births
- 1973 deaths
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- American football quarterbacks
- Baseball catchers
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football coaches
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players
- All-Southern college football players
- American military personnel of World War I
- People from Dade County, Georgia
- Players of American football from Chattanooga, Tennessee
- People from Trenton, Tennessee
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