| Sam Morris | |
| Fullname: | Samuel Herbert Morris |
| Birth Date: | 23 October 1886[1] |
| Birth Place: | Handsworth, England |
| Death Place: | Paddington, England |
| Position: | Wing half |
| Youthyears1: | –1906 |
| Youthclubs1: | Perry Bar |
| Years1: | 1906–1907 |
| Clubs1: | Aston Villa |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1908–1911 |
| Clubs2: | Queens Park Rangers |
| Caps2: | 40 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 1911 |
| Clubs3: | Birmingham |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1911–1919 |
| Clubs4: | Bristol Rovers |
| Caps4: | 89 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1916–1917 |
| Clubs5: | → Clapton Orient (guest) |
| Caps5: | 3 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 1917 |
| Clubs6: | → Brentford (guest) |
| Caps6: | 5 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 1919–1921 |
| Clubs7: | Brentford |
| Caps7: | 63 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Clubs8: | Maidstone United |
Samuel Herbert Morris (23 October 1886 – December 1969) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as a wing half.
Morris joined First Division club Aston Villa in 1906, but failed to make an appearance before departing the club at the end of the 1906–07 season.[2] He moved to Southern League First Division club Queens Park Rangers in 1908.[3] He remained at Loftus Road until joining divisional rivals Bristol Rovers in 1911, after a short spell with Second Division club Birmingham.[4] Morris remained with Rovers during the First World War and left the club after the armistice,[5] in 1919.[6]
Morris signed for Southern League First Division club Brentford in 1919,[7] after having guested for the club during the war. He made 37 appearances during what would be the club's final season of Southern League football and was kept on for the club's debut Football League season. Morris had to wait until 9 October 1920 to make his Football League debut, which came in a 0–0 draw with Norwich City.[8] He made 27 appearances during the 1920-21 season and departed Griffin Park in May 1921, having made 64 appearances for the Bees.
After leaving Brentford, Morris dropped into non-League football to join Kent League club Maidstone United.
Morris served as a sergeant in the Middlesex Regiment's Football Battalion during the First World War.[9] He was a motor car machinist by trade and later worked in Paddington as an ice rink foreman and ice skate grinder.[10]
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Queens Park Rangers | 1907–08[11] | Southern League First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1908–09[12] | Southern League First Division | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
| 1909–10[13] | Southern League First Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1910–11[14] | Southern League First Division | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Total | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 2 | |||
| Brentford | 1919–20 | Southern League First Division | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 1 | |
| 1920–21 | Third Division | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Total | 63 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 103 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 106 | 3 | |||