Harold Morton Explained

Harold Morton
Full Name:Harold James Storrs Morton
Birth Date:31 January 1886
Birth Place:Sheffield, England
Death Place:Whitechapel, England
Occupation:Doctor
School:Uppingham School
University:Pembroke College, Cambridge
Position:Prop
Repyears1:1909–10
Repcaps1:4
Reppoints1:0

Harold James Storrs Morton (31 January 1886 – 3 January 1955) was an English international rugby union player.

The son of a reverend, Morton attended Uppingham School and Pembroke College, Cambridge.[1]

Morton, a front row forward, played for Cambridge University in the 1908 Varsity Match. He was capped four times for England, including two matches in their championship-winning 1910 Five Nations campaign.[2]

A doctor by profession, Morton served in France during World War I as an officer with the Royal Army Medical Corps.[3]

Morton was an assistant medical officer at King Edward VII Sanatorium after the war, then had practices in Bridlington and St. John's Wood, before retiring to Brinkley, Cambridgeshire.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Uppingham's Internationals . . 22 December 1932.
  2. News: Morton To Play For England . . 10 March 1909.
  3. Dr. H. J. S. Morton, . . 12 February 1955 . 424.