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Froggie Morrison

Froggie Morrison
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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Position Halfback/Quarterback
Career history
College Georgia Tech (1914–1916)
High school Central (Chattanooga)
Personal information
Date of birth (1893-02-09)February 9, 1893
Place of birth Dade County, Georgia
Date of death April 26, 1973(1973-04-26) (aged 80)
Place of death Dade County, Georgia

Douglas Eaton "Froggie" Morrison (February 9, 1893 – April 26, 1973) was a college football player and colonel. He attended Central High in Chattanooga

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. He led the team at quarterback for the 222–0 defeat of Cumberland in 1916. Morrison was a catcher on the baseball team. He returned to Tech as an assistant coach in 1933 after serving in World War I and a sixteen-year hiatus from college football.

He retired to Trenton, Tennessee.



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