Fred Morris (footballer, born 1893)

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{for|the former Liverpool winger|Fred Morris (footballer born 1929)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Fred Morris

| image =

| fullname = Frederick Morris

| birth_date = {{birth date|1893|8|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tipton, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1962|7|4|1893|8|27|df=y}}

| death_place = Tipton, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}{{cite news |title=First Division prospects. West Bromwich Albion |author=Hawthorne |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=22 August 1921 |page=6}}

| position = Inside-left

| years1 =

| clubs1 = West Bromwich Albion

| clubs2 = Coventry City

| caps1 = 287

| goals1 = 118

| nationalyears1 = 1920

| nationalteam1 = England

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 1

}}

Frederick Morris (27 August 1893 – 4 July 1962) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside-left forward.

Morris was born in Tipton, Staffordshire.{{cite book | last = Matthews | first = Tony | title = The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion | publisher = Breedon Books | year = 2005 | pages = 158 | isbn = 1-85983-474-4}} He was top scorer with 37 goals in Division One in West Bromwich Albion's League Championship-winning season of 1919–20.{{cite web | title=English League Leading Goalscorers | url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html | date=8 June 2017 | website=RSSSF | access-date=16 July 2017}}

He died in Tipton, aged 68.

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