| Robert Bruce Morris | |
| Birth Date: | 3 November 1902 |
| Birth Place: | Taylor, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Date: | November 1986 |
| Death Place: | Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Cyears1: | 1946–1947 |
| Cteam1: | Providence Steamrollers |
| Cyears2: | 1947–1954 |
| Cteam2: | Brown |
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Robert Bruce Morris (November 3, 1902 – November 1986)[1] was an American basketball head coach as well as former collegiate athlete. He served as the head coach for the Providence Steamrollers, a Basketball Association of America team, in 1946–47.[2] Morris then guided Brown University's men's basketball team from 1947 to 1954.[3] He accumulated a 28–32 record with Providence and overall 61–87 record with Brown.[2] [3] While at Brown, one of his players was future College Football Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno, who earned two varsity letters.[4] [5]
As an athlete, Morris lettered in football, baseball, and track at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania.[4] He was a member of a Penn Relays-winning track team and was later inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame in 1987.[4] Upon the conclusion of his coaching career he became a schoolteacher and high school coach at Pawtucket High School in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.[6]
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