Bob Morse
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Robert "Bob" Morse is an American
United States
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 former basketball
Basketball
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 player.

His tremendous scoring ability helped the great Ignis Varese of the seventies to lift three Euroleague
Euroleague
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 titles (1973, 1975 and 1976) in seven consecutive final appearances.

On February 3, 2008, Morse was chosen as one of the 50 most influential personalities
50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors
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 to European Club Basketball over the last half-century by the Euroleague
Euroleague
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 Basketball Experts Committee.
In the fall of 2008, Morse embarked on a new career in the United States. He is currently an Italian professor at Saint Mary's College (Indiana)
Saint Mary's College (Indiana)
Saint Mary's College is a private Catholic liberal arts college founded in 1844 by the Sisters of the Holy Cross. It is located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community northeast of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States — as are the University of Notre Dame and Holy...

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