Jack Morlock

Jack Morlock
Personal information
Born:(1916-04-07)April 7, 1916
McKeesport, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died:January 7, 1976(1976-01-07) (aged 59)
Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.
Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school:Moundsville High School
College:Marshall
Position:Halfback
NFL draft:1940 / round: 14 / pick: 126
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Games:4
Stats at Pro Football Reference

John Morlock (April 7, 1916 – January 7, 1976) was an American football player.

A native of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Morlock attended Moundsville High School in West Virginia and then played college football and basketball at Marshall University.[1] He was selected by the United Press as a first-team forward on the 1939 All-Buckeye Conference football team.[2]

He was selected by the Detroit Lions with the 126th pick in the 1940 NFL draft.[3] He appeared in four games as a halfback for the Lions during the 1940 season.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Jack Morlock (1985)". Herdzone.com. Herdzone. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Marshall Lands Four Men on First Two Buckeye Quintets". The Galion Inquirer. March 6, 1939. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1940 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  4. ^ "Jack Morlock". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  5. ^ "Morlock Stars in Lions' Contest". Detroit Free Press. August 24, 1940 – via Newspapers.com.