John Morgan (footballer, born 1854)

John Richard Morgan (1 October 1854 – 11 April 1937) was a Welsh international footballer who earned ten caps between 1877 and 1883.^[2]

John Morgan

Personal information
Full name	John Richard Morgan
Date of birth	1 October 1854[1]
Place of birth	Llansamlet, Swansea, Wales
Date of death	11 April 1937(1937-04-11) (aged 83)[1]
Place of death	Bath, England
Position(s)	Full back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1874–1877	Cambridge University
	Notts County	0	(0)
1877–1883	Derby School
International career
1877–1883	Wales	10	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Born at Llansamlet, near Swansea, Glamorgan, where his father, the Rev. Morgan Rice Morgan, was Vicar.^[3] He was educated at Oundle School and St John's School, Leatherhead, and from 1874 to 1878 studied at Jesus College, Cambridge.^[4] where he was awarded in 1877 a Blue for Association Football. He was Assistant Master at Park House School, Reading; Derby School, 1879–1883; and Somersetshire College, Bath. In 1885 he founded with his wife, Katherine Emily Bennett (1887-1942), Connaught House Preparatory School in Weymouth, Dorset.^[4] He retired in 1920 and died on 11 April 1937 at 13, Somerset Place, Bath, and was buried at Lansdown Cemetery, Bath, Somerset.^[3]