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Eugene Edward "Mercury" Morris (January 5, 1947 – September 21, 2024) was an American professional football player who was a running back and kick returner.He played for eight years, primarily for the Miami Dolphins, in the American Football League (AFL) as a rookie in 1969 then in the American Football Conference (AFC) following the 1970 merger with the National Football League (NFL).
Former Miami Dolphins running back Mercury Morris died on Saturday night at ... Morris, Kiick, Garo Yepremian and Hall of Fame guard Larry Little took photos in front of a faux road sign that said ...
Morris, along with Hall of Fame fullback Larry Csonka who rushed for 1,117 yards, became the first two backs on the same team in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards in the same season.
Morris went into the Dolphins’ Walk of Fame in 2013. He remains fourth on the team’s all-time rushing list with 3,877 yards behind Csonka (6,737), Ricky Williams (6,436) and Ronnie Brown (4,815).
The list of inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame includes players, coaches, and contributors (e.g., owners and team or league officials) who have "made outstanding contributions to professional football". The "charter" class of seventeen was selected in 1963.
Morris was the starting halfback and one of three go-to runners that Dolphins coach Don Shula used in Miami’s back-to-back title seasons of 1972 and 1973, alongside Pro Football Hall of Famer Larry Csonka and Jim Kiick.
The 1968 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1968.
Eugene "Mercury" Morris, an iconic running back for the Miami Dolphins, died Saturday night. ... Morris was inducted into the Dolphins Walk of Fame in 2013. Over the years, Morris has been vocal ...