John Morgan (footballer, born 1854)

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John Morgan
Personal information
Full name John Richard Morgan
Date of birth 1854
Place of birth Llansamlet, Swansea, Wales
Date of death 11 April 1937(1937-04-11) (aged 82–83)
Place of death Bath, England
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1874–1877 Cambridge University
Notts County 0 (0)
1877–1883 Derby School
International career
1877–1883 Wales 10 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Richard Morgan (1854 – 11 April 1937) was a Welsh international footballer who earned ten caps between 1877 and 1883.[1]

Born at Llansamlet, near Swansea, Glamorgan, where his father, the Rev. Morgan Rice Morgan, was Vicar.[2] He was educated at Oundle School and St John's School, Leatherhead, and from 1874 to 1878 studied at Jesus College, Cambridge.[3] 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.[3] He retired in 1920 and died on 11 April 1937 at 13, Somerset Place, Bath, and was buried at Lansdown Cemetery, Bath, Somerset.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "John Morgan, international footballer". eu-football.info.
  2. ^ a b Obituary for J.R. Morgan, Bath Chronicle & Weekly Gazette, 17 April 1937
  3. ^ a b "John Morgan (MRGN874JR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.