James Morrison (American football)

American football player, coach, and physician (1871–1939)

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.

Head coaching record

References

1. 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)
2. University of Virginia. Alumni Association (1939). Virginia. Vol. 28. Alumni Association of the University of Virginia. ISSN 0195-8798. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
3. University of Virginia (1894). Alumni Bulletin of the University of Virginia. University of Virginia Press. Retrieved April 5, 2015.