Harold Morton

Harold Morton
Full nameHarold James Storrs Morton
Date of birth(1886-01-31)31 January 1886
Place of birthSheffield, England
Date of death3 January 1955(1955-01-03) (aged 68)
Place of deathWhitechapel, England
SchoolUppingham School
UniversityPembroke College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Doctor
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1909–10 England 4 (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]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Uppingham's Internationals". The Guardian. 22 December 1932.
  2. ^ "Morton To Play For England". Daily Express. 10 March 1909.
  3. ^ a b "Dr. H. J. S. Morton,". British Medical Journal: 424. 12 February 1955.