Fred Morrison
Fred Lew Morrison
Born: October 7, 1926
Columbus, OH USA
Deceased: November 15, 2020
Position: FB-HB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 215
College: Ohio St.
High School: Arlington (OH)
Career: 1950-1956
Drafted: 1950 in Round 1, #10 overall by the Chicago Bears
Fred Morrison played from 1950 to 1956 during his career with the Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns. Morrison ran for 2,420 yards in his career on 578 attempts, scoring 12 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 67 passes for 721 yards and 2 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | 1951 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 95.8 |
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| Totals | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1950 | NFL Chicago Bears | 66 | 252 | 3.8 | 25 | 1 | 1951 | NFL Chicago Bears | 29 | 96 | 3.3 | 26 | 0 | 1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 95 | 367 | 3.9 | 57 | 3 | 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 95 | 307 | 3.2 | 17 | 2 | 1954 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 54 | 234 | 4.3 | 26 | 2 | 1955 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 156 | 824 | 5.3 | 56 | 3 | 1956 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 83 | 340 | 4.1 | 41 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 578 | 2420 | 4.2 | 57 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1950 | NFL Chicago Bears | 13 | 86 | 6.6 | 15 | 0 | 1951 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | 1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 10 | 129 | 12.9 | 39 | 1 | 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 16 | 214 | 13.4 | 44 | 0 | 1954 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 12 | 81 | 6.8 | 16 | 0 | 1955 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 9 | 185 | 20.6 | 49 | 0 | 1956 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 10 | 1 |
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| Totals | 67 | 721 | 10.8 | 49 | 2 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | 1950 | NFL Chicago Bears | 57 | 2470 | 43.3 | 65 | 1951 | NFL Chicago Bears | 57 | 2227 | 39.1 | 67 | 1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 64 | 2707 | 42.3 | 65 | 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 65 | 2766 | 42.6 | 65 | 1956 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 38 | 1561 | 41.1 | 70 |
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| Totals | 281 | 11731 | 41.7 | 70 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1950 | NFL Chicago Bears | 10 | 261 | 26.1 | 37 | 0 | 1951 | NFL Chicago Bears | 13 | 353 | 27.2 | 86 | 0 | 1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 17 | 0 | 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 14 | 0 | 1954 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 1956 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
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| Totals | 33 | 723 | 21.9 | 86 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF | 1950 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1951 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1954 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1955 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1956 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | 1950 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1954 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1955 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1956 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Totals | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS | 1950 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 4 | 1951 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 7 | 1952 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 7 | 1953 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 9 | 1954 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 | 1955 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 8 | 1956 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 6 |
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Honors
1955 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1955 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
