Max Morris

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.^[2] 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.^[3] He was a consensus All-American football player at the end position in 1945.^[4] That year, Morris set a Big Ten Conference single-game record with 158 receiving yards in a game against Minnesota.^[5]

Morris was also selected as a consensus All-American basketball player at the forward position in 1946.^[6] He won the Big Ten Conference basketball individual scoring championship in both 1945 and 1946.^[7]

After graduating from Northwestern, Morris played three seasons of professional football in the All-America Football Conference for the Chicago Rockets (1946–1947) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1948). He played in a total of 39 professional football games and had 53 receptions for 677 yards.^[8]

Besides playing professional football, Morris played four seasons of professional basketball in the NBL and NBA with the Chicago American Gears and the Sheboygan Red Skins.^[9][10]

In 1984, Morris was a charter inductee into the Northwestern Athletics Hall of Fame.^[11]

In 1985, the gymnasium at Frankfort Community High School, Morris' alma mater, was named in his honor.^[12]

Source^[10]

• 1945 College Football All-America Team
• 1946 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans