Ivor Morgan
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15 August 1884
 Morgan in his Swansea jersey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | William Ivor Morgan[1] 15 August 1884 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 10 December 1943 (aged 59) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (179 cm)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Danygraig Board School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ivor Morgan (15 August 1884 – 10 December 1943) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea and county rugby for Glamorgan.
Morgan joined Swansea in 1905, but found it difficult to break into the side as his favourite position of wing-forward was taken by Swansea stalwarts Scrine and Hayward. Fortunately for Morgan, he was an all-round forward and gained positional play off the wing. Playing alongside one of rugby's true innovators, Dicky Owen, Morgan adapted a new style of wing play. Normally Owen would play in partnership with Dick Jones, but during this period Jones was suffering a long-term injury and Morgan developed a natural understanding of Owen's play, and through this became a prolific try scorer.[2] In 1905, Morgan was chosen to play in the Newport team against the touring New Zealand All Blacks. The game that made Morgan as an international player was his club performance in 1908, when he was at the centre of excellent play against the Australians, in which Swansea won 6–0. In the 1908/09 season, Morgan scored 18 tries for Swansea, this record would last for 77 years.
