Edward McCallum Morrison (22 February 1948 – 30 May 2011) was a Scottish

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and manager. Morrison was born in

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, and spent the majority of his playing career as a striker at

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, where he scored 149 goals in 341 appearances in all competitions. He has been described as a club 'legend'. As of April 2019, Morrison is the club's joint-second league goalscorer of all time, level with

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on 121 goals. Morrison also had a short spell at Morton after leaving Kilmarnock, and later joined the

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club's coaching staff. In 1985, he returned to

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and spent four years as Kilmarnock manager, ''Killie'' remaining in the First Division (second tier) throughout. Morrison died on 30 May 2011, on the flight home from a holiday in

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