1. Richard Morris was born on 1 January 1879 and was a Welsh footballer who played as an inside forward.
14 Facts About Dickie Morris
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Dickie Morris made 87 appearances in the Football League for Liverpool, Leeds City and Grimsby Town.
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Dickie Morris played in the Southern League for Plymouth Argyle and Reading.
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Dickie Morris was capped eleven times by the Wales national team, scoring one goal.
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Dickie Morris served the British Army as a soldier during the Second Boer War.
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Dickie Morris joined the British Army when he was a teenager and saw active service in the Second Boer War, which took place between 1899 and 1902.
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Dickie Morris signed with Newtown, who were a founding member of the Football Association of Wales, and was called up to win a first cap for his country soon after joining the club.
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The club was relegated at the end of that season and Dickie Morris was restricted to seven league appearances in the next campaign, where the club won promotion back to the First Division as Second Division champions.
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In March 1905, Dickie Morris became the first Leeds City player to appear in a senior international when he won his ninth cap for Wales.
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Dickie Morris joined his fourth professional club in the summer of 1907 when he signed with Southern League side Plymouth Argyle.
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Dickie Morris made 37 appearances in all competitions for Argyle, scoring 10 goals.
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Dickie Morris had a brief spell with Reading in 1908 before joining newly founded North Eastern League club Huddersfield Town.
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Dickie Morris received his first call-up to the Wales national team in February 1902.
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Dickie Morris made six more appearances over the next two years before losing his place in the squad.