Bertram Clifford "Bert" Morrison (January 10, 1880 – April 23, 1969) was a

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who was active with several clubs in the early 1900s. Amongst the teams Morrison played for were the Pittsburgh Keystones,

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, Calumet Miners,

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, Toronto Professionals,

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and Haileybury Hockey Club.

Career

Morrison started out on the semi-professional ice hockey circuit in the 1901–02 season when he played for the Pittsburgh Keystones in the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League. Amongst his teammates on the Keystones that season were Riley Hern and Harry Peel, with Peel later admitting to being paid money to play for the team. Morrison himself were investigated on the same matter by the Ontario Rugby Football Union and the Ontario Hockey Association after playing a game with Toronto against London."Playing hockey here is a serious offense"
''The Pittsburgh Press'', November 10, 1902. In the 1903–04 season Morrison scored a total amount of 94 goals in 25 games with the Portage Lakes Hockey Club, playing alongside future Hockey Hall of Fame members

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, Riley Hern and Jack Gibson.

Statistics

Exh. = Exhibition games, NYSHL = New York Senior Hockey League ''Statistics per Society for International Hockey Research at sihrhockey.org''

References

The Origins and Development of the International Hockey League and its effect on the Sport of Professional Ice Hockey in North America
Daniel Scott Mason, ''University of British Columbia'', 1992

Notes

1880 births 1969 deaths Canadian ice hockey players Pittsburgh Keystones (ice hockey) players Portage Lakes Hockey Club players Montreal Shamrocks players Calumet Miners players Montreal Wanderers players Haileybury Comets players Ice hockey people from Toronto {{Canada-icehockey-player-stub