Vernon Morgan

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| nationality = British (English)

| sport = Athletics

| event = steeplechase

| club = University of Oxford AC
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| birth_date = 2 May 1904

| birth_place = Bucklow Hill, England

| death_date = 23 October 1992 (aged 88)

| death_place = Wisborough Green, England

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Vernon Eversfield Morgan (2 May 1904 – 23 October 1992) was an English athlete who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Morgan was born in Bucklow Hill, Cheshire. He finished third behind Jack Webster in the steeplechase event at the 1928 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005049/19280707/246/0012 |title=Peltzer fails to come back |work=London Daily Chronicle |date=7 July 1928 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003213/19280709/311/0015 |title=Champions of the AAA |work=Daily News (London) |date=9 July 1928 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2025 }} Shortly afterwards he represented Great Britain at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he was eliminated in the first round of the 3000 metre steeplechase event.

At the 1929 AAA Championships he finished third behind Henry Oliver in the steeplechase.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001034/19290707/331/0023 |title=Foreigners held at Bay |work=Reynolds's Newspaper |date=7 July 1929 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003213/19290708/303/0014 |title=AAA Championships |work=Daily News (London) |date=8 July 1929 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=5 January 2025 }}

At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the 2 miles steeplechase competition.

He later became sports editor of the global news agency Reuters, a position he held for about 30 years. He died in Wisborough Green aged 88.