Robert_Morris_(basketball)

Robert Morris (basketball)

Robert Morris (basketball)

American basketball coach (1902–1986)

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 (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]

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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]

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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 %
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References

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