Johnny Morris
John Edward Morris
Born: September 26, 1935
Long Beach, CA USA
Position: FL-HB
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 180
College: California-Santa Barbara
High School: Polytechnic (Long Beach, CA)
Career: 1958-1967
Drafted: 1958 in Round 12, #137 overall by the Chicago Bears
Johnny Morris played from 1958 to 1967 during his career with the Chicago Bears. Morris ran for 1,040 yards in his career on 224 attempts, scoring 5 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 356 passes for 5,059 yards and 31 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 52 | 239 | 4.6 | 32 | 2 | 1959 | NFL Chicago Bears | 87 | 312 | 3.6 | 33 | 0 | 1960 | NFL Chicago Bears | 73 | 417 | 5.7 | 61 | 3 | 1961 | NFL Chicago Bears | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 21 | 0 | 1962 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | 1963 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 1967 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 224 | 1040 | 4.6 | 61 | 5 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 11 | 170 | 15.5 | 51 | 0 | 1959 | NFL Chicago Bears | 13 | 197 | 15.2 | 51 | 2 | 1960 | NFL Chicago Bears | 20 | 224 | 11.2 | 66 | 3 | 1961 | NFL Chicago Bears | 36 | 548 | 15.2 | 80 | 4 | 1962 | NFL Chicago Bears | 58 | 889 | 15.3 | 73 | 5 | 1963 | NFL Chicago Bears | 47 | 705 | 15.0 | 51 | 2 | 1964 | NFL Chicago Bears | 93 | 1200 | 12.9 | 63 | 10 | 1965 | NFL Chicago Bears | 53 | 846 | 16.0 | 80 | 4 | 1966 | NFL Chicago Bears | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 15 | 0 | 1967 | NFL Chicago Bears | 20 | 231 | 11.6 | 31 | 1 |
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| Totals | 356 | 5059 | 14.2 | 80 | 31 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 14 | 96 | 6.9 | 33 | 0 | 1959 | NFL Chicago Bears | 14 | 171 | 12.2 | 78 | 1 | 1960 | NFL Chicago Bears | 13 | 75 | 5.8 | 24 | 0 | 1961 | NFL Chicago Bears | 23 | 155 | 6.7 | 16 | 0 | 1962 | NFL Chicago Bears | 20 | 208 | 10.4 | 33 | 0 | 1963 | NFL Chicago Bears | 16 | 164 | 10.2 | 42 | 0 | 1967 | NFL Chicago Bears | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 15 | 0 |
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| Totals | 104 | 893 | 8.6 | 78 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 16 | 399 | 24.9 | 45 | 0 | 1959 | NFL Chicago Bears | 17 | 438 | 25.8 | 58 | 0 | 1960 | NFL Chicago Bears | 19 | 384 | 20.2 | 32 | 0 | 1961 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 |
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| Totals | 54 | 1267 | 23.5 | 58 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF | 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1959 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1960 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1961 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1962 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1963 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1964 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 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 | 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1959 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1960 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1961 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1962 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1963 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1964 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1965 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1967 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 5 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 222 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS | 1958 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 4 | 1959 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 12 | 1960 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 4 | 1961 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 14 | 13 | 1962 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 14 | 14 | 1963 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 13 | 13 | 1964 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 14 | 13 | 1965 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 14 | 14 | 1966 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 2 | 2 | 1967 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 14 | 14 |
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Honors
1964 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1964 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1964 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1964 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1964 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
