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Harold James Storrs Morton (31 January 1886 – 3 January 1955) was an English international rugby union player.
| Full name | Harold James Storrs Morton | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 31 January 1886 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 3 January 1955 (aged 68) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Whitechapel, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Uppingham School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Pembroke College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Doctor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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The son of a reverend, Morton attended Uppingham School and Pembroke College, Cambridge.[1]
Morton, a front row forward, played for Cambridge University in the 1908 Varsity Match. He was capped four times for England, including two matches in their championship-winning 1910 Five Nations campaign.[2]
A doctor by profession, Morton served in France during World War I as an officer with the Royal Army Medical Corps.[3]
Morton was an assistant medical officer at King Edward VII Sanatorium after the war, then had practices in Bridlington and St. John's Wood, before retiring to Brinkley, Cambridgeshire.[3]
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