James Morrison
American football coach
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| Intro | American football coach | |
| A.K.A. | Dr. James Morrison | |
| A.K.A. | Dr. James Morrison | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Sports coach | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 2 November 1871 | |
| Death | 15 May 1939 (aged 67 years) | |
| Star sign | Scorpio |
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Biography
James Morrison (November 2, 1871 – May 15, 1939) was an American football player, coach, and physician. He served as the head football coach at Texas Christian University (TCU) in 1898 and at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now Virginia Tech—in 1899, compiling a career college football record of 5–4–1. Morrison graduated from the University of Virginia with his medical degree in 1898. He was later a pioneering otolaryngologist specialist in the south.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCU Horned Frogs (Independent) (1898) | |||||||||
| 1898 | TCU | 1–3–1 | |||||||
| TCU: | 1–3–1 | ||||||||
| VPI (Independent) (1899) | |||||||||
| 1899 | VPI | 4–1 | |||||||
| VPI: | 4–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 5–4–1 | ||||||||