| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Evelyn Sneddon Morrison | ||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1902 | ||
| Place of birth | Natal Province, South Africa | ||
| Date of death | 15 November 1968(1968-11-15) (aged 66) | ||
| Place of death | Hamilton, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Moorpark Amateurs | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1927–1928 | Stenhousemuir | 23 | (31) |
| 1928–1929 | Falkirk | 58 | (75) |
| 1929–1931 | Sunderland | 15 | (7) |
| 1931–1932 | Partick Thistle | 15 | (15) |
| Total | 111 | (128) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Evelyn Sneddon Morrison (1 August 1902 – 15 November 1968) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward. His most notable spell was with Falkirk, where he finished as the top scorer in Scottish Football League Division One in the 1928–29 season, scoring 43 goals. This remains the highest single-season total ever recorded for the club.
He also played for Stenhousemuir (where he made his senior debut in 1927 aged 26), Sunderland and Partick Thistle, where it appears his short period as a professional concluded in 1932 despite maintaining a strong rate of goalscoring.
Morrison was born in South Africa to Scottish parents; the family returned to their native Lanarkshire while he was a young boy. After his football career ended he became a school teacher in Blantyre. In 1939 he married Lily Ann Stewart Ashenhurst (1904–1960)
References
- "Scotland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- "Football News & Scores - Betting Tips & Transfers - Sporting Life". sportinglife.com. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- Evelyn Morrison - Falkirk's Greatest Ever Centre-Forward?, Falkirk Football Historian, 10 February 2013
- Dykes, Garth; Lamming, Doug (2000). All the Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland AFC. Great Britain. ISBN 9781899538157.
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- John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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- 1937 Retired Footballer becomes teacher, The Blantyre Project, 5 February 2015
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- South African men's soccer players
- Falkirk F.C. players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- South African emigrants to the United Kingdom
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- Scottish league football top scorers
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