Joe Morrison
[edit] Biography
Joe Morrison (Joseph R. Morrison) was born on August 21, 1937 in Lima, Ohio. After going to high school at South (Lima, OH), Morrison attended the University of Cincinnati. Morrison made his professional debut in the NFL in 1959 with the New York Giants. He played for the New York Giants for his entire 14 year career.
Most people believe that 1969 was Joe Morrison's best year, as he ran in 4 TDs, hauled in 44 receptions, had 647 receiving yards and caught 7 TD passes.
Joe Morrison was the Head Coach at the University of South Carolina, leading the Gamecocks to some of their most successful years during the 1980's. Morrison was selected as the National Coach of the Year while at Carolina, but the end came too soon when Morrison passed away in Columbia, South Carolina at an early age.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1959
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 62
| 165
| 2.7
| 1
| 14
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 103
| 346
| 3.4
| 2
| 9
|
| 1961
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 33
| 48
| 1.5
| 1
| 14
|
| 1962
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 35
| 146
| 4.2
| 1
| 21
|
| 1963
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 119
| 568
| 4.8
| 3
| 70t
|
| 1964
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 45
| 138
| 3.1
| 1
| 15t
|
| 1965
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 3
| 20
| 6.7
| 1
| 11t
|
| 1966
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 67
| 275
| 4.1
| 2
| 20
|
| 1967
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 36
| 161
| 4.5
| 2
| 11
|
| 1968
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 9
| 28
| 3.1
| 0
| 11
|
| 1969
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 107
| 387
| 3.6
| 4
| 13
|
| 1970
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 11
| 25
| 2.3
| 0
| 7
|
| 1971
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 38
| 131
| 3.4
| 0
| 20
|
| 1972
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 9
| 36
| 4
| 0
| 45
|
| 14 year NFL career
| 184
| 677
| 2474
| 3.7
| 18
| 0
|
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1959
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 17
| 183
| 10.8
| 1
| 37
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 29
| 367
| 12.7
| 3
| 51t
|
| 1961
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 11
| 67
| 6.1
| 1
| 16
|
| 1962
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 6
| 107
| 17.8
| 2
| 86
|
| 1963
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 31
| 284
| 9.2
| 7
| 57t
|
| 1964
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 40
| 505
| 12.6
| 2
| 70
|
| 1965
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 41
| 574
| 14
| 4
| 46t
|
| 1966
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 46
| 724
| 15.7
| 6
| 49
|
| 1967
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 37
| 524
| 14.2
| 7
| 59t
|
| 1968
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 37
| 425
| 11.5
| 6
| 68t
|
| 1969
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 44
| 647
| 14.7
| 7
| 65
|
| 1970
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 11
| 136
| 12.4
| 0
| 25
|
| 1971
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 40
| 411
| 10.3
| 1
| 45t
|
| 1972
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 5
| 39
| 7.8
| 0
| 13
|
| 14 year NFL career
| 184
| 395
| 4993
| 12.6
| 47
| 0
|
[edit] Kick Return Stats
| 1959
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 15
| 345
| 23
| 29
| 0
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 2
| 32
| 16
| 21
| 0
|
| 1962
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 5
| 113
| 22.6
| 28
| 0
|
| 1963
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 4
| 75
| 18.8
| 23
| 0
|
| 1964
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 4
| 75
| 18.8
| 22
| 0
|
| 1965
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 14 year NFL career
| 184
| 30
| 640
| 21.3
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Punt Return Stats
| 1959
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 15
| 51
| 3.4
| 0
| 12
| 0
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 3
| 6
| 2
| 6
| 5
| 0
|
| 1962
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 5
| 22
| 4.4
| 5
| 14
| 0
|
| 1963
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 14 year NFL career
| 184
| 23
| 79
| 3.4
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Interception Stats
| 1959
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 2
| 30
| 18
| 0
|
| 1962
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 14 year NFL career
| 184
| 2
| 30
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Passing Stats
| 1959
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 50
| 14
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 72.9
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 2
| 1
| 50
| 18
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 81.3
|
| 1964
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 100
| 12
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 116.7
|
| 1968
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 14 year NFL career
| 184
| 6
| 3
| 50
| 44
| 7.33
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 34.7
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1959
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 14 year NFL career
| 184
| 28
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
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