Froggie Morrison

Froggie Morrison
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Position	Halfback/Quarterback
Career history
College	Georgia Tech (1914–1916)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1893-02-09)February 9, 1893
Place of birth	Dade County, Georgia
Date of death	April 26, 1973(1973-04-26) (aged 80)
Place of death	Dade County, Georgia

Douglas Eaton "Froggie" Morrison (February 9, 1893 – April 26, 1973) was a college football player.

Georgia Tech

Morrison was a prominent running back for John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was captain of the 1915 team, selected All-Southern.^[1]^[2]^[3] He led the team at quarterback for the 222–0 defeat of Cumberland in 1916.^[4] Morrison was a catcher on the baseball team.^[5] He returned to Tech as an assistant coach in 1933 after serving in World War I and a sixteen-year hiatus from college football.^[6]

References

↑ Dick Jemison (November 30, 1915). "Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution.
↑ "Georgia Tech Football Team of 1915 (Varsity)".
↑ Louis Henry Baker (1945). Football: Facts and Figures. p. 313.
↑ "PLAY-BY-PLAY GEORGIA TECH 222, CUMBERLAND 0". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. October 7, 1916. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
↑ "Georgia Meets Tech This Afternoon On Sanford Field Greatest Game of the Season". Athens Banner. May 18, 1917.
↑ "Froggy Morrison Slated To Return Tech; Bulldogs Driven". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 10, 1933. Retrieved June 8, 2008.

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets starting quarterbacks

Stafford Nash (1892)
John Kimball (1893)
Manly (1899)
Brinson (1902)
Monsalvatge (1903)
Butler (1904–1905)
L. W. Robert, Jr. (1906, 1908)
W. H. Hightower (1907)
T. S. Wilson (1909)
Piggy Johnson (1910)
Bill Coleman (1911)
Alf McDonald (1912–1913)
Froggie Morrison (1914–1916)
Al Hill (1917)
Red Barron (1918)
Shorty Guill (1919)
Jack McDonough (1919–1922)
Alexander Hunt (1923)
Fred Moore (1924)
Ike Williams (1925)
John Brewer (1926)
Bob Durant (1927–1928)
Earl Dunlap (1929–1930)
Marshall Flowers (1931)
Roy McArthur (1932)
Shorty Roberts (1933–1934)
Fletcher Sims (1935–1937)
Joe Bartlette (1938)
Billy Beers (1939)
Johnny Bosch (1940–1941)
Pat McHugh (1942)
Eddie Prokop (1943–1944)
Ed Holtsinger (1945)
Frank Broyles (1946)
Jimmy Southard (1947–1949)
Darrell Crawfard (1950–1951)
Bill Brigman (1952–1954)
Pepper Rodgers (1953–1954)
Ron Vann (1955–1956)
Wade Mitchell (1955–1956)
Fred Braselton (1957–1959)
Stan Gann (1960–1961)
Billy Lothridge (1961–1963)
Jerry Priestly (1964)
Kim King (1965–1967)
Larry Good (1968)
Jack Williams (1969)
Eddie McAshan (1970–1972)
Jim Stevens (1973)
Rudy Allen (1974)
Danny Myers (1975)
Gary Lanier (1976–1977)
Mike Kelley (1978–1981)
Jim Bob Taylor (1982)
John Dewberry (1983–1985)
Rick Strom (1986–1987)
Darrell Gast (1987)
Todd Rampley (1988)
Shawn Jones (1989–1992)
Donnie Davis (1993, 1995)
Tom Luginbill (1994)
Joe Hamilton (1996–1999)
George Godsey (2000–2001)
A. J. Suggs (2002)
Reggie Ball (2003–2006)
Taylor Bennett (2005–2007)
Joshua Nesbitt (2008–2010)
Tevin Washington (2010–2012)
Vad Lee (2013)
Justin Thomas (2014– )

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