Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samuel Herbert Morris [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 23 October 1886||
Place of birth | Handsworth, England | ||
Date of death | December 1969[2] | (aged 83)||
Place of death | Paddington, England [2] | ||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Youth career | |||
–1906 | Perry Bar | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1906–1907 | Aston Villa | 0 | (0) |
1908–1911 | Queens Park Rangers | 40 | (2) |
1911 | Birmingham | 0 | (0) |
1911–1919 | Bristol Rovers | 89 | (0) |
1916–1917 | → Clapton Orient (guest) | 3 | (0) |
1917 | → Brentford (guest) | 5 | (0) |
1919–1921 | Brentford | 63 | (0) |
Maidstone United | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Samuel Herbert Morris (23 October 1886 – December 1969) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as a wing half.
Morris joined First Division club Aston Villa in 1906, but failed to make an appearance before departing the club at the end of the 1906–07 season. [3] He moved to Southern League First Division club Queens Park Rangers in 1908. [4] He remained at Loftus Road until joining divisional rivals Bristol Rovers in 1911, [4] after a short spell with Second Division club Birmingham. [1] Morris remained with Rovers during the First World War and left the club after the armistice, [5] in 1919. [6]
Morris signed for Southern League First Division club Brentford in 1919, [7] after having guested for the club during the war. [8] He made 37 appearances during what would be the club's final season of Southern League football and was kept on for the club's debut Football League season. [7] Morris had to wait until 9 October 1920 to make his Football League debut, which came in a 0–0 draw with Norwich City. [8] He made 27 appearances during the 1920-21 season and departed Griffin Park in May 1921, [8] having made 64 appearances for the Bees. [7]
After leaving Brentford, Morris dropped into non-League football to join Kent League club Maidstone United. [7]
Morris served as a sergeant in the Middlesex Regiment's Football Battalion during the First World War. [9] [10] He was a motor car machinist by trade and later worked in Paddington as an ice rink foreman and ice skate grinder. [11]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Queens Park Rangers | 1907–08 [12] | Southern League First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1908–09 [13] | Southern League First Division | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |
1909–10 [14] | Southern League First Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
1910–11 [15] | Southern League First Division | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Total | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||
Brentford | 1919–20 [8] | Southern League First Division | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 1 |
1920–21 [8] | Third Division | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
Total | 63 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 1 | ||
Career total | 103 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 106 | 3 |
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Samuel Herbert Morris [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 23 October 1886||
Place of birth | Handsworth, England | ||
Date of death | December 1969[2] | (aged 83)||
Place of death | Paddington, England [2] | ||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Youth career | |||
–1906 | Perry Bar | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1906–1907 | Aston Villa | 0 | (0) |
1908–1911 | Queens Park Rangers | 40 | (2) |
1911 | Birmingham | 0 | (0) |
1911–1919 | Bristol Rovers | 89 | (0) |
1916–1917 | → Clapton Orient (guest) | 3 | (0) |
1917 | → Brentford (guest) | 5 | (0) |
1919–1921 | Brentford | 63 | (0) |
Maidstone United | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Samuel Herbert Morris (23 October 1886 – December 1969) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as a wing half.
Morris joined First Division club Aston Villa in 1906, but failed to make an appearance before departing the club at the end of the 1906–07 season. [3] He moved to Southern League First Division club Queens Park Rangers in 1908. [4] He remained at Loftus Road until joining divisional rivals Bristol Rovers in 1911, [4] after a short spell with Second Division club Birmingham. [1] Morris remained with Rovers during the First World War and left the club after the armistice, [5] in 1919. [6]
Morris signed for Southern League First Division club Brentford in 1919, [7] after having guested for the club during the war. [8] He made 37 appearances during what would be the club's final season of Southern League football and was kept on for the club's debut Football League season. [7] Morris had to wait until 9 October 1920 to make his Football League debut, which came in a 0–0 draw with Norwich City. [8] He made 27 appearances during the 1920-21 season and departed Griffin Park in May 1921, [8] having made 64 appearances for the Bees. [7]
After leaving Brentford, Morris dropped into non-League football to join Kent League club Maidstone United. [7]
Morris served as a sergeant in the Middlesex Regiment's Football Battalion during the First World War. [9] [10] He was a motor car machinist by trade and later worked in Paddington as an ice rink foreman and ice skate grinder. [11]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Queens Park Rangers | 1907–08 [12] | Southern League First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1908–09 [13] | Southern League First Division | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |
1909–10 [14] | Southern League First Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
1910–11 [15] | Southern League First Division | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Total | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||
Brentford | 1919–20 [8] | Southern League First Division | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 1 |
1920–21 [8] | Third Division | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
Total | 63 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 1 | ||
Career total | 103 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 106 | 3 |