Archibald Bostwick Morrison Jr. (June 4, 1878 – June 15, 1967) was an American football and basketball player and coach of football and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech—for one season in 1901, compiling a record of 6–1.
Playing career Before coaching, Morrison played halfback as an undergraduate at Cornell University for three seasonsCornell Alumni News "The Alumni" March 13, 1901 and also captained the basketball team in his senior year.
Coaching career VPI The 1901 season was the most successful season for the program up to that time,College Football Data Warehouse Virginia Tech Hokies head coaching records and would continue to hold that mark until 1909 under head coach Branch Bocock, who tied that mark that year and later would improve the season win/loss percentage in the 1913 season.College Football Data Warehouse Branch Bockock year-by-year records The season included victories over Clemson and Georgetown.Hokie Sports 1901 Football season The team's only defeat came from Virginia on October 26, 1901, by a score of 0–16. This was the only game of the season that the Hokies did not score.College Football Data Warehouse Dr. A.B. Morrison Jr. 1901 season results
Assistant coaching After coaching at VPI for one year, he returned to Cornell as an assistant coach in 1902.
Late life Morrison enter a career in municipal bonds in 1915. In 1931, he moved from Detroit, Michigan to Coral Gables, Florida, where he opened A. B. Morrison & Co. Morrison died on June 15, 1967.
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