Sam Morris (footballer, born 1886)

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Sam Morris
Morris while with Bristol Rovers.
Personal information
Full name Samuel Herbert Morris[1]
Date of birth (1886-10-23)23 October 1886[2]
Place of birth Handsworth, England
Date of death December 1969 (1970-01) (aged 83)[2]
Place of death Paddington, England[2]
Position(s) Wing half
Youth career
0000–1906 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.

Club career[edit]

Early years[edit]

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]

Brentford[edit]

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]

Maidstone United[edit]

After leaving Brentford, Morris dropped into non-League football to join Kent League club Maidstone United.[7]

Personal life[edit]

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]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 211. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c Emms, Steve; McPherson, Dave (1978). Who's Who of the Football League 1919 to 1939. Association of Football Statisticians. p. 95. ISBN 0946531730.
  3. ^ "Morris, Sam". Aston Villa Player Database. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b Rose, Ash (2012). The QPR Miscellany. The History Press. ISBN 978-0752467382.
  5. ^ "Southern League Players Index 1899–1920". Bristol Rovers Memorabilia. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Our her-O's: Part 4 of Orient's World War I heroes". www.leytonorient.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 111. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  8. ^ a b c d e White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 364–366. ISBN 0951526200.
  9. ^ Sam Morris on Lives of the First World War
  10. ^ Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 53. ISBN 978-0857330772.
  11. ^ "A to M". The Bristol Rovers History Group. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Seasonal Stats – 1907–08". QPRnet. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  13. ^ "Seasonal Stats – 1908–09". QPRnet. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  14. ^ "Seasonal Stats – 1909–10". QPRnet. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  15. ^ "Seasonal Stats – 1910–11". QPRnet. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
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