Max Morris

Max Morris

Date of birth:	March 13, 1925 (1925-03-13) (age 86)
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 height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
College	Northwestern
Career history
Chicago American Gears (1946-1947) Sheboygan Red Skins (1947-1950)
Career highlights and awards
Consensus NCAA All-American, 1946
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

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

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. 

Persondata
Name	Morris, Max
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1925-03-13
Place of birth	Norris City, Illinois
Date of death	1998-01-08
Place of death