Billy Morris (footballer, born 1920)
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{{short description|Welsh footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Billy Morris
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = William Henry Morris
| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|9|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Swansea, Wales
| death_date = {{death-date and age|March 1994|September 1920}}
| death_place = Swansea, Wales
| height =
| position = Outside left
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1946–1949 | clubs1 = Swansea Town | caps1 = 16 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 1949–1951 | clubs2 = Brighton & Hove Albion | caps2 = 28 | goals2 = 4
| years3 = | clubs3 = Llanelli | caps3 = | goals3 =
}}
William Henry Morris (28 September 1920 – March 1994) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for Swansea Town and Brighton & Hove Albion.{{Hugman|14040|accessdate=17 September 2018}}
Life and career
Morris was born in 1920 in Swansea. He represented his country at schoolboy level,{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseacity.net/news/article/past-players-m-p-860043.aspx |title=Past players M–P |publisher=Swansea City A.F.C. |date=5 June 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802091118/http://www.swanseacity.net/news/article/past-players-m-p-860043.aspx |archivedate=2 August 2014}} and turned professional with Swansea Town in May 1946. He was already 27 years old when he made his Football League debut in January 1948, and contributed to Swansea's Third Division South title the following season. He moved on to another Southern Section club, Brighton & Hove Albion, in September 1949. He scored 4 goals from 31 appearances before returning to Wales where he played for Llanelli.{{cite book |first1=Tim |last1=Carder |first2=Roger |last2=Harris |title=Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. |publisher=Goldstone Books |location=Hove |date=1997 |page=175 |isbn=978-0-9521337-1-1}}{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/brighton/brighton.html |title=Brighton & Hove Albion: 1946/47–2013/14 |website=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=19 September 2018}} Morris settled in Swansea, where he died in March 1994 at the age of 73.
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Category:Footballers from Swansea
Category:Welsh men's footballers
Category:Wales men's schools international footballers
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Swansea City A.F.C. players
Category:Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
Category:Llanelli Town A.F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
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