J. Ray Morrison was an American football

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 and baseball

Baseball

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 player and coach of football, basketball

Basketball

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, and baseball in the United States. He served as the head football coach at Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University is a private university in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church...

 (1915–1916, 1922–1934), Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University

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 (1918, 1935–1939), Temple University

Temple University

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 (1940–1948), and Austin College

Austin College

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 (1949–1952), compiling a career college football

College football

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 record of 155–130–34. He played football as a quarterback

Quarterback

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 at Vanderbilt. Morrison was also the head basketball coach at Vanderbilt for one season in 1918–1919, tallying a mark of 8–2, and the head baseball coach at the school in 1919, notching a record of 3–3. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame

College Football Hall of Fame

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 as a coach in 1954.

Football

External links

• Ray Morrison at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com