Country Morris
American baseball player and sports coach
About Country Morris
Lived 1891 – 1976 (aged 85). Country Morris was an American basketball coach and baseball player.
William Gordon "Country" Morris was an American baseball player and baseball, basketball, and football coach. Morris was born in 1890 or 1891 in Rockingham County, Virginia. He lettered in four sports, including football (where he was captain of the 1913 team) and baseball, at Maryland Agricultural College. Morris played minor league baseball for the Worcester Busters of the New England League in 1911 and for the Martinsburg Champs/Blue Sox/Mountaineers of the Blue Ridge League as a player/coach from 1915 to 1918.
In 1916, he as hired as an assistant football coach at Clemson College, and he was also head basketball and baseball coach. He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1917, returning to Clemson in 1919 to coach one more season.
From 1920 to 1923, and in 1926, Morris returned to the Blue Ridge League to coach the Waynesboro Red Birds/Villagers. From 1923 until 1957, he coached football at The Albany Academy, where his son and Andy Rooney attended. Morris died on July 10, 1976, in Glen Falls, New York.
Head coaching record Baseball
Basketball
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Who was Country Morris?
American baseball player and sports coach
When was Country Morris born?
Country Morris was born on 12 February 1891.
When did Country Morris die?
Country Morris died on 10 July 1976.
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Country Morris was a basketball coach and baseball player.
What nationality was Country Morris?
Country Morris was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Country Morris. https://biography.guide/country-morris/
MLA: "Country Morris." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/country-morris/.
Chicago: "Country Morris." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/country-morris/.
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