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John Morris HOF

John F. (Jack) Morris

  • Class
    1955
  • Induction
    1989
  • Sport(s)
    Football, Men's Track & Field
As an end on the football team, he was named to the Associated Press All-Ivy League first team and received honorable mention on the United Press and AP All-East squads in 1954. He ranked second on the team in both pass receiving and in scoring that year. In track, he ran on the mile relay units which won indoor and outdoor Heptagonal titles in both 1954 and 1955, as Cornell won the indoor and outdoor Heps championships in 1955. At the Penn Relays in 1954, his quartet won the Heptagonal college mile relay event and he ran a leg on the 880-yard relay that won the American championship. With Morris running the third leg, the mile relay team repeated as the Heptagonal champion at the Relays in 1955, and he ran a leg on the second-place sprint medley relay and on the fifth-place distance medley relay. He was the Cornell Sun Athlete of the Year for 1954-55. Dr. Morris is a former native of Haddon Heights, N.J.
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