&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Dr_James_Morrison.png) Morrison pictured as captain of the 1897 Virginia football team | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 2, 1871 Lexington, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | May 15, 1939 (aged 67) Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia (1898)[1] |
| Playing career | |
| 1897 | Virginia |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1898 | Add-Ran Christian |
| 1899 | VPI |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 5–4–1 |
James Morrison (November 2, 1871 – May 15, 1939)[2] was an American college football player, coach, and physician. He served as the head football coach at Add-Ran Christian University—now known as Texas Christian University (TCU)—in 1898 and at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech—in 1899, compiling a career college football record of 5–4–1. Morrison graduated from the University of Virginia with a medical degree in 1898.[3] He was later a pioneering otolaryngologist specialist in the south.
- ^ Walsh, C.; Whittle, G.; Intercollegiate Football, Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.). (1934). Intercollegiate football: a complete pictorial and statistical review from 1869 to 1934. Published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., for Intercollegiate Football, Inc. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ University of Virginia. Alumni Association (1939). Virginia. Vol. 28. Alumni Association of the University of Virginia. ISSN 0195-8798. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ^ University of Virginia (1894). Alumni Bulletin of the University of Virginia. University of Virginia Press. Retrieved April 5, 2015.