John Morgan | |
Fullname: | John Richard Morgan |
Birth Date: | 1 October 1854[1] |
Birth Place: | Llansamlet, Swansea, Wales |
Death Place: | Bath, England |
Position: | Full back |
Years1: | 1874–1877 |
Clubs1: | Cambridge University |
Clubs3: | Notts County |
Caps3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1877–1883 |
Clubs4: | Derby School |
Nationalyears1: | 1877–1883 |
Nationalteam1: | Wales |
Nationalcaps1: | 10 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
John Richard Morgan (1 October 1854 – 11 April 1937) was a Welsh international footballer who earned ten caps between 1877 and 1883.[2]
Born at Llansamlet, near Swansea, Glamorgan, where his father, the Rev. Morgan Rice Morgan, was Vicar.[3] He was educated at Oundle School and St John's School, Leatherhead, and from 1874 to 1878 studied at Jesus College, Cambridge. where he was awarded in 1877 a Blue for Association Football. He was Assistant Master at Park House School, Reading; Derby School, 1879–1883; and Somersetshire College, Bath. In 1885 he founded with his wife, Katherine Emily Bennett (1887-1942), Connaught House Preparatory School in Weymouth, Dorset. He retired in 1920 and died on 11 April 1937 at 13, Somerset Place, Bath, and was buried at Lansdown Cemetery, Bath, Somerset.[3]