Froggie Morrison

Froggie Morrison
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Position Halfback/Quarterback
Career history
College Georgia Tech (19151916)
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.

Georgia Tech

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.[1][2][3] He led the team at quarterback for the 2220 defeat of Cumberland in 1916.[4] Morrison was a catcher on the baseball team.[5] He returned to Tech as an assistant coach in 1933 after serving in World War I and a sixteen-year hiatus from college football.[6]

References

  1. Dick Jemison (November 30, 1915). "Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution.
  2. "Georgia Tech Football Team of 1915 (Varsity)".
  3. Louis Henry Baker (1945). Football: Facts and Figures. p. 313.
  4. "PLAY-BY-PLAY GEORGIA TECH 222, CUMBERLAND 0". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. October 7, 1916. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
  5. "Georgia Meets Tech This Afternoon On Sanford Field Greatest Game of the Season". Athens Banner. May 18, 1917.
  6. "Froggy Morrison Slated To Return Tech; Bulldogs Driven". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 10, 1933. Retrieved June 8, 2008.


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