playing_years coaching_years coaching_teams career_highlights article_title records position playing_teams birth_date college name
1959 -- 61 1961 -- 63 1963 -- 65 1967 -- 68 1967 bc interim head coach -rrb- lions -lrb- assistant coach -rrb- bc lions -lrb- 1x grey cup champion -lrb- 52nd -rrb- ron morris -lrb- canadian football -rrb-
 0 -- 1 -- 0 defensive halfback offensive halfback punter split end calgary stampeders toronto argonauts bc lions c. 1936 tulsa ron morris
ron morris -lrb- canadian football -rrb-

ron morris -lrb- born c. 1936 -rrb- is a former professional football player and coach in the canadian football league who played for the calgary stampeders , toronto argonauts , and bc lions and served as the interim head coach of the lions for one game in 1967 .
morris signed with the calgary stampeders in january 1959 .
he was used by the stamps as a running back , defensive halfback , and punter .
in 1961 , he was purchased by the toronto argonauts for $ 350 .
he was wavied by toronto in september 1963 .
a week later he was claimed by the bc lions to replace the injured tom larscheid .
while with bc , morris was a member of the lions team that won the 52nd grey cup .
in 1967 , morris joined the lions coaching staff , coaching both the offensive and defensive halfbacks .
he served as the lions ' interim head coach for one game between the firing of dave skrien and the arrival of jim champion .
morris ' only game as head coach ended in an 18 -- 17 loss to toronto .
he retired from coaching after the 1968 season to work in real estate .
