RIP Tech All-American George Morris

I remember him well and hope the family realizes how we at Tech loved and respected him. May God show mercy to him and his family at this time of sadness.
 
Wow. This is completely shocking to me. I just met George a couple of months ago and had the pleasure of working with him on WREK radio. He was a good man and loved Tech. He seemed to be in pretty good health and was still sharp mentally at 76. We will probably be airing some remembrance stuff and clips of him talking on wednesday 6-7pm.

I remember sitting down after one broadcast and being enthralled for two hours with his stories of playing for coach Dodd and college football in the 1950's. He will be dearly missed.
 
As I sit here with tears in my eyes I can't begin to tell you how much this loss hurts. I became friends with George when the honored the all century team and always talked at functions.

I would always address him as Mr. Morris out of respect and one day he pulled me aside and asked me if I was ridiculing him and I told him how much I respected him and he cut me some slack. I never addressed him that way again and he always winked at me when we said hello.

As Coach Dodd once said he was the greatest player he ever coached and I believe George was probably the greatest Tech player in History.

GOD BLESS his family during this time, I'm indeed hurting as others are as well.
 
Very somber news. My thoughts and prayers to family and friends at this time.
 
I never had the opportunity to meet Mr. Morris, but from everything I have heard he was one heckuva football player and an even better person.

Our prayers are with the family of this Georgia Tech icon.

May God bless his family in their time of sorrow and place comfort on their hearts!
 
God's comfort to his family.

This is not a rip on the Atlanta media yet, but certainly one of the local channels will honor his contributions to the city with a special program.
 
God bless his memory and his family right now. I'm praying for all who knew and loved him. May God grant strength, peace, and comfort as only He can.
 
Georgia Tech just lost a great man today. Upon hearing of his passing I thought back about my time around GT and have always thought of George as one of the biggest ambassadors of the Institute. We have truly lost a great individual.

May God be with his wife Polly and family as they move forward during this difficult time.
 
When I was up at the Notre Dame game in Sept, I spoke to one of the curators of the College Football Hall of Fame up there. The first thing he asked (seeing my Tech gear) was, "Do you know George Morris?" He went on to laud GM as a wonderful man and ambassador for GT.

He will be greatly missed.
 
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