George Morris (football player)

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George Morris
Date of birth:	March 19, 1931
Place of birth:	Vicksburg, Mississippi
Date of death:	December 10, 2007 (age 76)
Place of death:	Highlands, North Carolina
Career information
Position(s):	C/LB
College:	Georgia Tech
NFL Draft:	1953 / Round: 2 / Pick 21
Organizations
As player:
1956	San Francisco 49ers
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com
College Football Hall of Fame

George Augustus Morris, Jr. (March 19, 1931 – December 10, 2007) was an American football player. Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, he played college football for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and professionally for the San Francisco 49ers for one season in 1956. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1981. He died of an apparent heart attack at age 76 in Highlands, North Carolina.^[1]

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