Jerry Morgan

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Jerry Morgan
Personal information
Full name Frederick Jerry Morgan
Date of birth(1897-11-05)5 November 1897
Place of birth Bristol, England
Date of death 9 May 1953(1953-05-09) (aged 55)
Place of death Bristol, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1912 Fishponds City
1913 Caerphilly Town
1919 Bristol City 2 (0)
1919–1925 Bristol Rovers 114 (25)
1925 Sheffield Wednesday
1927 Showmans Guild
1927 Bristol City Wednesday
1931 Bristol South Wednesday
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frederick "Jerry" Morgan was a professional footballer who played for Bristol Rovers between 1919 and 1925, having previously played 2 games for Bristol City. He was part of a large footballing family from Barton Hill in Bristol [1] His brother Jim played for Wolves, and brother Tom played for Bristol City. His nephew William James Morgan also obtained 104 caps for Bristol Rovers between 1946 and 1952. Jerry Morgan scored two hat tricks for Rovers, one against Worksop Town in a famous 9-0 cup victory in 1920, and the other against Norwich in 1923.

He served in the Royal Navy during World War I as a stoker on board the dreadnought HMS Marlborough. He died of throat cancer in Bristol in 1953.

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References

  1. Barton Hill Footballing Family. Retrieved on 2013-10-12.