Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | |
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Position | Halfback/Quarterback |
Career history | |
College | Georgia Tech (1914–1916) |
High school | Central (Chattanooga) |
Personal information | |
Date of birth | February 9, 1893 |
Place of birth | Dade County, Georgia |
Date of death | April 26, 1973 | (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.