John Stanton Fleming Morrison
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| Full name | John Stanton Fleming Morrison | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
17 April 1892 West Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
28 January 1961 (aged 68) Farnham, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1912–1919 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921–1922 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 22 December 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Stanton Fleming Morrison (17 April 1892 – 28 January 1961) was a British golf course architect born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, UK. He worked predominantly with Charles Alison, Harry Colt, and Alister MacKenzie, in 1928 forming Colt, Alison & Morrison Ltd.
Morrison was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a bomber pilot during World War I and a Group Captain in the RAF during World War II. He was among the first pilots to land an airplane on an aircraft carrier.
In his younger years he was a talented all-round sportsman, representing England at football as an amateur and playing first-class cricket with Cambridge University and Somerset. He also won the Belgian Amateur Golf Championship in 1929.
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