Max Morris
| Date of birth | March 13, 1925 |
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| Place of birth | Norris City, Illinois |
| Date of death | January 8, 1998 (aged 72) |
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| Position(s) | End |
| College | Northwestern |
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| 1946–1947 | Chicago Rockets |
| 1948 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Honors | First-team All-American, 1945 |
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
March 13, 1925 Norris City, Illinois |
| Died | January 8, 1998 (aged 72) |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Frankfort (West Frankfort, Illinois) |
| College | Northwestern (1944–1946) |
| Playing career | 1946–1950 |
| Position | Forward / Center |
| Career history | |
| 1946–1947 | Chicago American Gears |
| 1947–1950 | Sheboygan Red Skins |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 781 |
| Free throws | 277 |
| Assists | 194 |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Glen Max Morris (March 13, 1925 – January 8, 1998) was an American professional basketball and American football player. He was a consensus All-American in both sports for Northwestern University and later played professional football for the Chicago Rockets and Brooklyn Dodgers of the All-America Football Conference. He also played in the NBA for the Sheboygan Red Skins.
Morris was born in Norris City, Illinois and attended Frankfort Community High School in West Frankfort, Illinois where the high school gymnasium is named after Morris. He later attended the University of Illinois and Northwestern University.
Morris was the last Northwestern athlete to be selected as a first-team All-American in two sports. He was a consensus All-American football player at the end position in 1945. That year, Morris set a Big Ten Conference single-game record with 158 receiving yards in a game against Minnesota.
Morris was also selected as a consensus All-American basketball player at the forward position in 1946. He won the Big Ten Conference basketball individual scoring championship in both 1945 and 1946.
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