Doug Morgan (footballer, born 1890)
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Full name
Douglas Morgan[1]
Date of birth
18 June 1890[2]
Place of birth
Inverkeithing, Scotland
Date of death
31 December 1916 (aged 26)[3]
 Morgan while with Hull City | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Douglas Morgan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 June 1890[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Inverkeithing, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 31 December 1916 (aged 26)[3] | ||
| Place of death | West Flanders, Belgium[2] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[4] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Inverkeithing Renton | |||
| –1913 | Inverkeithing United | ||
| 1913–1915 | Hull City | 52 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Douglas Morgan (18 June 1890 – 31 December 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left back in the Football League for Hull City.[1]
Morgan served as a gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War and died at a Field Ambulance in West Flanders on New Year's Eve 1916,[5] of wounds caused by a shell blast.[6][7] He was buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery.[3]
