18 Facts About Joe Morrison

Joseph R Morrison was an American football player and coach.

Joe Morrison played professionally as a running back and wide receiver in the National Football League for the New York Giants from 1959 to 1972.

Joe Morrison attended the University of Cincinnati where he played both halfback and quarterback and played on defense during his three varsity seasons.

Joe Morrison was drafted by the Giants in the third round of the 1959 NFL draft, where he mostly played at the positions of running back and wide receiver.

Joe Morrison had a long career with the Giants, playing from 1959 to 1972.

Joe Morrison is 3rd on the Giants' team record for receptions, with 395 catches, from seven different quarterbacks; over his career his plays gained 4,993 yards.

Joe Morrison caught 46 passes for 724 yards and scored six touchdowns.

Joe Morrison had five seasons of 40 receptions or more between 1964 and 1971.

Joe Morrison was a head coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of New Mexico, and University of South Carolina.

Joe Morrison is one of the few major college head coaches to never work as an assistant coach.

Joe Morrison came to USC after three seasons with the Lobos of the University of New Mexico.

Joe Morrison took the Gamecocks to three postseason games during his tenure.

Joe Morrison was named by the Walter Camp Foundation as the 1984 National College Football Coach of the Year.

Joe Morrison would be named the Independent Coach of the Year in 1987.

Also serving as an assistant during Joe Morrison's tenure was Al Groh, who went on to be head coach of the New York Jets and the University of Virginia.

However, it would not come to pass as Joe Morrison collapsed after playing racquetball at a court located inside Williams-Brice Stadium, and died on February 5,1989, at age 51 from congestive heart failure.

Joe Morrison made South Carolina stand out for the first time.

Joe Morrison provided an edge; he made it cool to play at Carolina.