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Evelyn Sneddon Morrison (1 August 1902 – 15 November 1968) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward. His most notable spell was with Falkirk, where he finished as the top scorer in Scottish Football League Division One in the 1928–29 season, scoring 47 goals.[1] This remains the highest single-season total ever recorded for the club.[2][3]

Evelyn Morrison

Personal information
Full name	Evelyn Sneddon Morrison
Date of birth	1 August 1902
Place of birth	Natal Province, South Africa
Date of death	15 November 1968(1968-11-15) (aged 66)
Place of death	Hamilton, Scotland
Position(s)	Centre forward
Youth career
	Moorpark Amateurs
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1927–1928	Stenhousemuir	23	(31)
1928–1929	Falkirk	58	(75)
1929–1931	Sunderland	15	(7)
1931–1932	Partick Thistle	15	(15)
Total		111	(128)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He also played for Stenhousemuir (where he made his senior debut in 1927 aged 26), Sunderland[4][5] and Partick Thistle, where it appears his short period as a professional concluded in 1932 despite maintaining a strong rate of goalscoring.[6]

Morrison was born in South Africa to Scottish parents; the family returned to their native Lanarkshire while he was a young boy.[7] After his football career ended he became a school teacher in Blantyre.[8] In 1939 he married Lily Ann Stewart Ashenhurst (1904–1960)

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