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Johnny Morris (American football)

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Role
  
American football player

Rushing att-yards:
  
224-1040

Children
  
Holly Morris

Receptions-yards:
  
356-5059

Name
  
Johnny Morris


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Date of birth:
  
(1935-09-26) September 26, 1935 (age 80)

College:
  
California-Santa Barbara

NFL draft:
  
1958 / Round: 12 / Pick: 137

Education
  
University of California, Santa Barbara

Similar People
  
Holly Morris, Joe Fortunato, Mike Pyle, Roosevelt Taylor, Bobby Joe Green

Place of birth:
  
Long Beach, California

Positions
  
Wide receiver, Halfback

Johnny Edward Morris (born September 26, 1935) is a former American football running back/wide receiver in the National Football League. He spent his entire ten-year career with the Chicago Bears, and is the franchise's all-time leader in receiving yards with 5,059. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Morris won an NFL Championship in 1963. In 1964, he had his best season with 93 receptions for 1,200 yards and 10 touchdowns.

In 1964, while still playing for the Bears, Morris joined WBBM-TV in Chicago as a sportscaster. Except for a six-year stint at rival WMAQ-TV, Morris remained at WBBM until 1992, serving for most of that time as sports director. He also served as a football color commentator for CBS' NFL coverage from 1975 to 1986. He retired in 1996. Johnny was the imagination behind such sports programs as The a Mike Ditka Show, Bears Extra.

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