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Morris Kenneth Mott (born May 25, 1946) is a Canadian former professional
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player who played 199 games in the
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. He played with the
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of the
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and the
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of the NHL. He joined the Canadian national team in 1965, playing with the team until it was dissolved in 1970. After completing his hockey career Mott earned a PhD, and taught sports history at
Brandon University Brandon University is a university located in the city of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, with an enrolment of approximately 3,375 (2020) full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students. The current location was founded on July 13, 1899, ...
. He is the brother of Darwin Mott, who played one game in the WHA; the two played together for
Västra Frölunda IF Västra Frölunda Idrottsförening () is a Swedish football club based in Gothenburg. Founded on 2 January 1930, the club has spent a total of ten seasons in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. As of the 2025 season, Västra Frölund ...
in
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in 1975-76.


Academic career

Besides a BA and an MA degree from the
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, he also obtained a
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degree in Sports history from
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in 1982. Mott is a
professor emeritus ''Emeritus/Emerita'' () is an honorary title granted to someone who retirement, retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus". ...
of the department of History at
Brandon University Brandon University is a university located in the city of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, with an enrolment of approximately 3,375 (2020) full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students. The current location was founded on July 13, 1899, ...
in
Brandon, Manitoba Brandon () is the second-largest city in the province of Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the southwestern corner of the province on the banks of the Assiniboine River, approximately west of the provincial capital, Winnipeg, and east of the ...
.


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Regular season and playoffs


International


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Research profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mott, Morris 1946 births California Golden Seals players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian ice hockey right wingers Frölunda HC players Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics Living people Manitoba Bisons ice hockey players Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Canada Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in ice hockey Winnipeg Jets (WHA) players 20th-century Canadian sportsmen Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden