Eddie Morrison

{{short description|Scottish footballer and manager}}

{{for|the far-right political figure|Eddy Morrison}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Eddie Morrison

| image =

| fullname = Edward McCallum Morrison

| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|2|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gourock, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|5|30|1948|2|22|df=y}}

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Port Glasgow{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/kilmarnock-fc-legend-eddie-morrison-2416285|title=Kilmarnock FC: Legend Eddie Morrison dies|work=Daily Record|date=3 June 2011|accessdate=14 September 2018}}

| years1 = 1966–1976|clubs1 = Kilmarnock |caps1 = 268 |goals1 = 120

| years2 = 1976–1978|clubs2 = Morton |caps2 = 41 |goals2 = 8

|totalcaps = 309 |totalgoals = 128

| manageryears1 = 1985–1989

| managerclubs1 = Kilmarnock

}}

Edward McCallum Morrison (22 February 1948 – 30 May 2011)[http://www.kilmarnockfc.co.uk/articles/20110531/eddie-morrison_85961_2369311 Kilmarnock F.C. obituary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721075324/http://www.kilmarnockfc.co.uk/articles/20110531/eddie-morrison_85961_2369311 |date=21 July 2011 }} was a Scottish footballer and manager. Morrison was born in Gourock, and spent the majority of his playing career as a striker at Kilmarnock, where he scored 149 goals in 341 appearances in all competitions.{{cite web|url=http://www.fitbastats.com/kilmarnock/player.php?playerid=7472|title=Kilmarnock player Eddie Morrison|website=FitbaStats|accessdate=14 September 2018}} He has been described as a club 'legend'. As of April 2019, Morrison is the club's joint-second league goalscorer of all time, level with Kris Boyd on 121 goals.{{cite web|url=https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/kris-boyd-makes-belly-joke-16097311|title=Kris Boyd makes belly joke after being denied record-breaking Kilmarnock goal|publisher=Football Scotland|date=8 April 2019|accessdate=2 August 2019}}

Morrison also had a short spell at Morton after leaving Kilmarnock,{{cite web|url=http://www.fitbastats.com/morton/player.php?playerid=496|title=Morton player Eddie Morrison|website=FitbaStats|accessdate=14 September 2018}} and later joined the Greenock club's coaching staff. In 1985, he returned to Rugby Park and spent four years as Kilmarnock manager, Killie remaining in the First Division (second tier) throughout.{{cite web|url=http://www.fitbastats.com/kilmarnock/manager.php?id=446|title=Kilmarnock manager Eddie Morrison|website=FitbaStats|accessdate=13 September 2018}}

Morrison died on 30 May 2011, on the flight home from a holiday in Turkey.{{cite news |title=Obituary: Eddie Morrison, footballer and manager |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-eddie-morrison-footballer-and-manager-1674580 |access-date=11 April 2023 |work=The Scotsman |date=2 June 2011}}{{cite news |author1=Rebecca Gray |title=Ex-Kilmarnock boss dies on holiday |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/13221488.ex-kilmarnock-boss-dies-on-holiday/ |access-date=11 April 2023 |work=Glasgow Times |date=30 May 2011}}