Samuel Morris (footballer)

This article is about the Anglo-Filipino footballer. For other football players, see Samuel Morris.

Samuel Morris
Samuel Morris (standing, the second from the left) in 1893.
Personal information
Full name Samuel Alfredo Morris de Olea
Date of birth 1870
Place of birth Manila, Philippines, Spain
Date of death 23 August 1935(1935-08-23) (aged 64–65)
Place of death Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Position(s) Goalkeeper and Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1892–1894 Barcelona Football Club
1895–1896 Sociedad de Foot-Ball
de Barcelona
1899 Team Anglès 1 (0)
1900–1902 Hispania AC
1902 FC Barcelona 2 (0)
1902–1903 Hispania AC
International career
1903 Barcelona 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samuel Alfredo Morris de Olea (1870 – 23 August 1935), was an Anglo-Filipino football pioneer who played as a goalkeeper and midfielder for some of the earliest Catalan clubs in existence.[1] His younger brothers, Enrique and Miguel, followed him every step through, and together with them, he was one of the first pioneers of football in Catalonia, participating in some of the first football matches of the city and playing for several experimental teams in the 1890s such as Barcelona Football Club and Sociedad de Foot-Ball de Barcelona.[1]

During the second half of his career in the early 1900s, he played for Hispania AC and FC Barcelona,[2][3][4] being a member of the Hispania side that won the 1900–01 Copa Macaya, which was the very first football competition played on the Iberian Peninsula,[5] and a member of the Barça side that reached the final of the 1902 Copa de la Coronación.[6] In addition to being a footballer, he also practiced cricket, athletics, cycling, rugby, tennis, and hockey, and was also an outstanding football referee.[7][8]

  1. ^ a b "Los hermanos Morris - Pioneros del fútbol barcelonés" [The Morris brothers - Pioneers of Barcelona football] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. 16 November 2014. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Samuel Alfredo Morris De Olea stats". players.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Samuel Alfredo Morris de Olea". www.enciclopedia.cat. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Samuel Morris, Samuel Alfredo Morris de Olea - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Primera edición de la Copa Macaya Enero-Abril 1901" [First edition of the Macaya Cup January-April 1901] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. 1 June 2014. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  6. ^ "La Copa de 1902" [The 1902 Cup] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Samuel Morris, Samuel Alfredo Morris de Olea - Referee". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Dues nissagues britàniques en el futbol català" [Two British lineages in Catalan football]. www.ara.cat (in Spanish). 6 September 2015. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.