Former UGA Head Athletic Trainer Warren Morris Dies
May 01, 2019 | General
ATHENS -- Former University of Georgia long time head athletic trainer Warren Morris died Sunday in Athens at age 87.
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Morris served as head athletic trainer from 1965 until 1992 when he took over the overall athletic rehabilitation program with the UGA Athletic Association. He retired from UGA in 1995.
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Born in Boone, Iowa, Morris had served as an assistant trainer at North Carolina for 10 years when UGA head football coach Vince Dooley hired him in 1965 to join Dooley's new regime in Athens.
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While at Georgia, he has served as President for District 9, National Athletic Trainers Assn., from 1971-72, and also represented the National Athletic Trainers Association of all colleges and high schools at the NCAA Football Rules Committee. Morris also served as Chairman of the Board of Georgia Athletic Trainers and as secretary and chairman of the SEC sports medicine committee.
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He was inducted into the National Trainers Hall of Fame in 1981. In 1985, Morris was named the recipient of the American Society of Orthopedic Sports Medicine Award for distinguished Service to Sport Medicine and in 1988, he received the Georgia State Sports Hall of Fame Award for Service to Sports.
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He is survived by his wife, the former Debra Lee Granner, who was also a certified athletic trainer, three children: Benji, Diane, and Joel, seven siblings, three brothers-in-law and children Kasie and Cory.
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In lieu of flowers, the Morris family requests that donations be made to the University of Georgia Foundation in the name of Warren Morris. Checks may be made payable to the UGA Foundation with the support fund of Athletic Sports Medicine, fund number 8103500. A celebration of life recognizing Warren Morris and his many accomplishments will be held in Athens at a later date to be determined.
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Morris served as head athletic trainer from 1965 until 1992 when he took over the overall athletic rehabilitation program with the UGA Athletic Association. He retired from UGA in 1995.
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Born in Boone, Iowa, Morris had served as an assistant trainer at North Carolina for 10 years when UGA head football coach Vince Dooley hired him in 1965 to join Dooley's new regime in Athens.
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While at Georgia, he has served as President for District 9, National Athletic Trainers Assn., from 1971-72, and also represented the National Athletic Trainers Association of all colleges and high schools at the NCAA Football Rules Committee. Morris also served as Chairman of the Board of Georgia Athletic Trainers and as secretary and chairman of the SEC sports medicine committee.
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He was inducted into the National Trainers Hall of Fame in 1981. In 1985, Morris was named the recipient of the American Society of Orthopedic Sports Medicine Award for distinguished Service to Sport Medicine and in 1988, he received the Georgia State Sports Hall of Fame Award for Service to Sports.
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He is survived by his wife, the former Debra Lee Granner, who was also a certified athletic trainer, three children: Benji, Diane, and Joel, seven siblings, three brothers-in-law and children Kasie and Cory.
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In lieu of flowers, the Morris family requests that donations be made to the University of Georgia Foundation in the name of Warren Morris. Checks may be made payable to the UGA Foundation with the support fund of Athletic Sports Medicine, fund number 8103500. A celebration of life recognizing Warren Morris and his many accomplishments will be held in Athens at a later date to be determined.
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