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English footballer

Tom Morris
Personal information
Full name Thomas Henry Morris
Date of birth 14 September 1884
Place of birth Caistor, England
Date of death 24 March 1918(1918-03-24) (aged 33)
Place of death Somme, France
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Haycroft Rovers
Grimsby Rovers
1906–1907 Grimsby Town 28 (0)
1907–1909 Brighton & Hove Albion 29 (3)
1909–1913 Leeds City 106 (3)
1913–1914 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United
1914–1915 Coventry City 18 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Henry Morris (14 September 1884 – 24 March 1918) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Leeds City and Grimsby Town, as well as in the Southern League for Brighton & Hove Albion. A centre half as a player, he later coached at Scunthorpe & Lindsey United.

Personal life

In March 1915, during the second year of the First World War, Morris enlisted in the Lincolnshire Regiment. He was serving as a sergeant when he was killed in the Somme sector on 24 March 1918. Morris is commemorated on the Pozières Memorial.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leeds City 1908–09 Second Division 9 0 — 9 0
1909–10 24 1 0 0 24 1
1910–11 36 2 1 0 37 2
1911–12 37 0 2 0 39 0
Total 106 3 3 0 109 3
Coventry City 1914–15 Southern League Second Division 18 2 1 0 19 2
Career total 124 5 4 0 128 5

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 211. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Thomas Morris". 11v11.com. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  5. ^ "Players – Tom Morris 1909–13". The Mighty Mighty Whites. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  6. "Coventry City remembers the former players who served during the First World War". www.ccfc.co.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  7. "Thomas Henry Morris | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 28 September 2016.


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