John Morris (curler)

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**John Morris**
John Morris (left) and his 2005-06 team
Team K. Martin
Alternate
Lead	Ben Hebert
Second	Marc Kennedy
Third	John Morris
Skip	Kevin Martin
Club	Saville Sports Centre
Top CCA ranking	N/A

Medal record
World Junior Curling Championships
Gold	1998 Thunder Bay
Gold	1999 Östersund

John Morris (born December 16, 1978 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. As of April 26, 2006 Morris currently plays third for Kevin Martin.

Morris, the son of Earle Morris, inventor of the "stabilizer" curling broom, grew up in Ottawa and began curling at age 5.

After finishing second at the 1997 Canadian Junior Championships, Morris, who at the time curled out of the Ottawa Curling Club, went on to win the next two national championships in 1998 and 1999. In both those same years, Morris would win world junior championships; in 1998 against Garry MacKay of Scotland and in 1999 against Christian Haller of Switzerland.

After living in Ottawa, Morris moved to Southwestern Ontario to attend university and curled out of the Stayner Granite Club in Stayner, Ontario. While in Stayner, Morris won the 2002 Ontario provincial championships qualifying him for the 2002 Nokia Brier. At the Brier, Morris would lose to Alberta's Randy Ferbey in the final. By 2004, Morris had moved to Calgary, where he would play out of the Calgary Winter Club. In 2006 he joined forces with Kevin Martin on a four year plan with the hope of winning a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Morris was hit by a car on February 27, 2007 just four days before the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier. He was knocked unconcious, and according to reports has a 50-50 chance of attending the national championship. At the 2007 Time Hortons Brier, which he did attend, Alberta placed 4th after a loss to Jeff Stoughton in the 3-4 page playoff. The prior evening Alberta defeated Manitoba, yet John was so frustrated he snapped his broom on his knee.

Morris is currently a Children's special needs educator for CSN Alberta as well as a firefighter for the Chestermere Fire Department.