Bill Morley
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| Biographical details | |
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| Born |
March 17, 1876 Cimarron, New Mexico |
| Died | May 27, 1932 (aged 56) Pasadena, California |
| Playing career | |
| 1895 | Michigan |
| 1899–1901 | Columbia |
| Position(s) | Halfback, quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1902–1905 | Columbia |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 26–11–3 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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All-American, 1899 All-American, 1900 All-American, 1901 |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1971 (profile) |
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William Raymond "Bill" Morley, Jr. (March 17, 1876 – May 27, 1932) was an American football player, coach, and rancher. Born in New Mexico, he played college football for the University of Michigan and Columbia University and was selected as an All-American in 1900 and 1901. Morley served as the head coach of the Columbia Lions football team from 1902 to 1905. He later returned to New Mexico where he was a successful cattle and sheep rancher. He was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1971.
Morley was born in 1876 at Cimarron in Colfax County, New Mexico. His parents were William Raymond Morley, Sr. (1846–1883), and Ada (McPherson) Morley (1852–1917). His father was the chief engineer for the Santa Fe Railroad and later edited The Cimarron News and managed the Maxwell land grant in Cimarron. Morley's father was killed in 1883 from an accidental shooting in Mexico. Morley was six years old at the time of his father's death. His father left extensive land holdings in the Datil Mountains near Datil, New Mexico. After his father's death, his mother remarried, and moved with her three young children (one boy and two girls) and her new husband, Floyd Jarrett, to the Datil Mountains. Jarrett abandoned the family in approximately 1889, and Morley's mother raised her children in a log house roofed with adobe sod. Morley's sister, Agnes Morley Cleaveland (1874–1958), later wrote a best-selling book titled "No Life for a Lady" about their life in the Datil Mountains.
Morley was sent east to be educated and reportedly attended school in 18 states. He received a civil engineering degree from the Pennsylvania Military Academy in Chester, Pennsylvania. He first played football at the military academy.
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