Red Morrison

{{Short description|American basketball player (1932–2023)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Red Morrison

| image = Red Morrison.jpg

| width =

| caption = Morrison as a senior at Idaho

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 220

| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|04|26}}

| birth_place = Fresno, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|06|07|1932|04|26}}

| death_place = Mesa, Arizona, U.S.

| high_school = Walla Walla
(Walla Walla, Washington)

| college = Idaho (1951–1954)

| draft_year = 1954

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 14

| draft_team = Boston Celtics

| career_start = 1954

| career_end = 1959

| career_number = 15, 12

| career_position = Center

| years1 = {{nbay|1954|start}}–{{nbay|1955|end}}

| team1 = Boston Celtics

| years2 = {{nbay|1957|start}}

| team2 = St. Louis Hawks

| years3 = 1958–1959

| team3 = Baltimore Bullets

| highlights =

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 555 (3.6 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 822 (5.3 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 135 (0.9 apg)

}}

Dwight Willard "Red" Morrison (April 26, 1932 – June 7, 2023) was an American professional basketball player.

Biography

A 6'8" center from the University of Idaho, Morrison played in the National Basketball Association from 1954 to 1958 as a member of the Boston Celtics and St. Louis Hawks. He averaged 3.6 points and 5.3 rebounds in 155 career games.{{cite basketball-reference |id=m/morrire01 |name=Red Morrison |accessdate=12 October 2023}}

Morrison was a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1963 to 1985, having served in the El Paso, Los Angeles, and Seattle Divisions during his career.{{cite web|url=https://www.celticslife.com/2013/08/what-hell-happened-tored-morrison.html|title=What the Hell Happened to...Red Morrison?|website=Celtics Life|date=5 August 2013|accessdate=14 January 2024}}

Morrison was a resident of Mesa, Arizona. He died there on June 7, 2023, at the age of 91.{{cite web |title=Dwight Willard Morrison |url=https://obituaries.union-bulletin.com/obituary/dwight-morrison-1088537074 |website=Walla Walla Union-Bulletin |access-date=25 January 2024}}

Career statistics

{{NBA player statistics legend}}

=NBA=

Source

==Regular season==

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
Year

! Team

! GP

! MPG

! FG%

! FT%

! RPG

! APG

! PPG

style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1954}}

|style="text-align:left;"| Boston

| 71

17.3.423.6266.41.24.4
style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1955}}

|style="text-align:left;"| Boston

| 71

12.8.371.4944.9.73.1
style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1957}}

|style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis

| 13

6.1.346.7502.0.01.6
class="sortbottom"

|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career

| 155

14.3.396.5725.3.93.6

==Playoffs==

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
Year

! Team

! GP

! MPG

! FG%

! FT%

! RPG

! APG

! PPG

style="text-align:left;"| 1955

|style="text-align:left;"| Boston

|7

6.0.375.3332.0.11.0
style="text-align:left;"| 1956

|style="text-align:left;"| Boston

| 3

7.7.286.0003.7.01.3
class="sortbottom"

|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career

| 10

6.5.333.1432.5.11.1

References