sport.wikisort.org - Athlete

Search / Calendar

Robert Bruce Morris (November 3, 1902 – November 1986)[1] was an American basketball head coach as well as former collegiate athlete. He served as the head coach for the Providence Steamrollers, a Basketball Association of America team, in 1946–47.[2] Morris then guided Brown University's men's basketball team from 1947 to 1954.[3] He accumulated a 28–32 record with Providence and overall 61–87 record with Brown.[2][3] While at Brown, one of his players was future College Football Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno, who earned two varsity letters.[4][5]

This article is about the basketball coach named Robert Morris. For the basketball team from Robert Morris University, see Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball.
Robert Bruce Morris
Personal information
Born(1902-11-03)November 3, 1902
Taylor, Pennsylvania
DiedNovember 1986
Norristown, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Career history
As coach:
1946–1947Providence Steamrollers
1947–1954Brown
Career highlights and awards
  • East Stroudsburg University Hall of Fame (1987)

As an athlete, Morris lettered in football, baseball, and track at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania.[4] He was a member of a Penn Relays-winning track team and was later inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame in 1987.[4] Upon the conclusion of his coaching career he became a schoolteacher and high school coach at Pawtucket High School in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.[6]


Head coaching record



Professional


Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
PRO 1946–47 602832.4664th in Eastern000.000 Missed Playoffs
Career 602832.466000.000

College


Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Brown Bears (Independent) (1947–1953)
1947–48 Brown 6–14
1948–49 Brown 13–8
1949–50 Brown 11–14
1950–51 Brown 8–11
1951–52 Brown 5–15
1952–53 Brown 4–14
Brown Bears (EIBL) (1953–1954)
1953–54 Brown 13–114–107th
Total:61–87 (.412)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion


References


  1. "Ancestry.com (Password required)". ancestry.com. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  2. "Robert Morris NBA coaching record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  3. "Robert Morris college coaching record". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  4. "Bob Morris – Class of 1987". ESUwarriors.com. East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  5. "All-Time Letterwinners". BrownBears.com. Brown University. 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  6. Grasso, John (2011). Historical Dictionary of Basketball (1st ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 301. ISBN 978-0-8108-6763-5.


Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии