Ray Morrison
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 28, 1885 Sugar Branch, Indiana |
| Died | November 19, 1982 (aged 97) Miami Springs, Florida |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1908–1911 | Vanderbilt |
| Position(s) |
Quarterback (football) Catcher (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1915–1916 | SMU |
| 1918 | Vanderbilt |
| 1921 | SMU (assistant) |
| 1922–1934 | SMU |
| 1935–1939 | Vanderbilt |
| 1940–1948 | Temple |
| 1949–1952 | Austin |
| Basketball | |
| 1918–1920 | Vanderbilt |
| Baseball | |
| 1919 | Vanderbilt |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | Football: 155–130–34 (.539) Basketball: 8–2 (.800) Baseball: 3–3 (.500) |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football: 2 SIAA (as player) (1910, 1911) 3 SWC (1923, 1926, 1931) Basketball: 1 SIAA (1920) |
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| Awards | |
| 2x All-Southern (1910, 1911) Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. 1934 All-time Vandy team SEC Coach of the Year (1937) |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1954 (profile) |
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J. Ray Morrison (February 28, 1885 – November 19, 1982) was an American football and baseball player and a coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Southern Methodist University (1915–1916, 1922–1934), Vanderbilt University (1918, 1935–1939), Temple University (1940–1948), and Austin College (1949–1952), compiling a career college football record of 155–130–34. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954.
Morrison was also the head basketball coach at Vanderbilt for one season in 1918–19, tallying a mark of 8–2, and the head baseball coach at the school in 1919, notching a record of 3–3.
Ray Morrison was born on February 28, 1885 in Sugar Branch, Indiana. Soon after the family moved to McKenzie, Tennessee, where Morrison attended school. He also spent a year at McTyiere School for Boys.
To achieve funds for college, Morrison worked on a dredge boat on the Mississippi River for a year.
He played football as a prominent halfback and quarterback for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt football teams from 1908 to 1911. He is considered one of the best quarterbacks in Vanderbilt's long history. The team posted a 30–6–2 record during his four years. Morrison was selected as the quarterback and kick returner for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. He weighed some 155 to 159 pounds.
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