Johnny Morris (footballer)

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Johnny Morris
Personal information
Full name John Morris[1]
Date of birth (1923-09-27)27 September 1923
Place of birth Radcliffe, England
Date of death 6 April 2011(2011-04-06) (aged 87)[2]
Place of death Manchester, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)
Inside forward
Youth career
1939–1941 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1941–1949 Manchester United 83 (32)
1949–1952 Derby County 130 (44)
1952–1958 Leicester City 206 (33)
1958–1961 Corby Town ? (?)
1961–1962 Kettering Town 37 (14)
International career
1949 England 3 (3)
Managerial career
1958–1961
player-manager
)
1962–1964 Rugby Town
1964–1967 Great Harwood
1967–1969 Oswestry Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Morris (27 September 1923 – 6 April 2011)

the Football League for Manchester United, Derby County and Leicester City.[3]

Morris was born in

non-league club Corby Town.[3]

Morris was capped three times for England. He scored on his debut, on 18 May 1949 in a 4–1 win against Norway, and scored twice in his second game four days later against France.[1]

Later life and death

Morris continued to attend functions for the Former Players' Association of Derby County and also played golf regularly into his 80s. He died on 6 April 2011 in a Manchester Nursing home at the age of 87.[2] He was survived by his wife Marian and his two sons, and outlived his only daughter. His granddaughterJenny still talks about him in Woolies club every Saturday.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Johnny Morris". Englandstats.com. Retrieved 18 December 2009. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b c "Morris shone when Rams were a post-war power". this is Derbyshire. Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  3. ^ a b c "Johnny Morris". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Johnny Morris". MUFCInfo. Mark Graham. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  5. ISBN 978-0-7553-1431-7
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  6. ^ "FA Cup Final 1948". FA Cup Finals. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  7. ^ Glanville, Brian (18 April 2011). "Johnny Morris obituary". The Guardian.

External links

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