Ernie Morgan

Ernie Morgan
Personal information
Full name Ernest Morgan
Date of birth (1927-01-13)13 January 1927
Place of birth Royston, England
Date of death 3 October 2013(2013-10-03) (aged 86)
Place of death Rainham, Kent, England
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1943–? Royston Youth Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
?–1949 Royston Colliery
1949–1953 Lincoln City[1] 3 (0)
1953–1957 Gillingham[2] 155 (73)
Managerial career
1962–1966 Chatham Town
1966–1972 Dartford
1972–1973 Maidstone United
1973–1975 Dartford
1978–1980 Tonbridge
1982–1983 Dartford
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernest Morgan (13 January 1927 – 3 October 2013) was an English professional football player and manager. He spent the bulk of his career with Gillingham, where he set a record for the highest number of goals scored in a single season which still stands.

  1. ^ "LINCOLN CITY : 1946/47 - 1986/87 & 1988/89 - 2005/06". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 22 August 2007.
  2. ^ "GILLINGHAM : 1950/51 - 2005/06". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 20 August 2007.