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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. Biography 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. 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. 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. In 1984, Morris was a charter inductee into the Northwestern Athletics Hall of Fame. In 1985, the gymnasium at Frankfort Community High School, Morris' alma mater, was named in his honor. Career statistics NBA Source Regular season Playoffs See also 1945 College Football All-America Team 1946 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans References. Discover the Max Morris popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Max Morris books.

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    Quinn

    Em Strang

    A piercingly original debut about the limits of forgiveness, from an awardwinning Scottish poet A Scotsman 'Best Book of 2023' From an awardwinning Scottish poet, an unforgettable ...

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    Rebel Crossings

    Sheila Rowbotham

    The transatlantic story of six radical pioneers at the turn of the twentieth century Rebel Crossings relates the interweaving lives of four women and two men as they journey from t...

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    The Gifts of Reading

    Robert Macfarlane, William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Chigozie Obioma, Philip Pullman, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson, SF Said, Madeleine Thien, Salley Vickers, John Wood & Markus Zusak

    With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice CartyWilliams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina...

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    Danny Dynamite

    Jean Ure

    When Billy the Skid and his nasty gang of mountain bikers ride into Bodley Street and ride menacingly up and down, Danny and friends are determined to fight back. They know bullie...

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    Max Morris Morris

    Supreme Court of the United States

    the libellant was debarred from the recovery of any sum of money, by reason of the fact that his own negligence contributed to the accident, although there was negligence also in t...

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    Twelve Nights

    Urs Faes & Jamie Lee Searle

    Discover this beautiful winter gem of a novella that makes the perfect stocking filler this Christmas.'I may have been gone a long time, but I'm no stranger...' Manfred walks alone...

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    Morris Associates v. Max E. Priddy

    Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals

    1. "The judgment of a trial court in setting aside a verdict and awarding a new trial is entitled to peculiar weight and its action in this respect will not be disturbed on appeal ...

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    Dreams From My Mother

    Dame Elizabeth Anionwu

    What a page turner of a book! Dame Elizabeth uncovers the layers of her life from a childhood defined by secrets, to discovering the identity of her father, to her political awaken...