Saturday, September 02, 2017

Linfield Football All-American Howard Morris honored with Wildcat football helmet decal



The late Howard Morris, longtime Oregon Tech coach and athletic director, is honored by his alma mater, Linfield.

The #43 decal on Linfield Wildcat football helmets during the 2017 season salutes Morris, a Linfield football All-American and one of only three Linfield football players to have their jersey numbers retired. He wore #43 during his Linfield playing career, 1954-1957.

A 1958 Linfield and 1954 Crater High School of Central Point, Ore., grad, he died in Klamath Falls, Ore., in July 2017.



Oregon Tech’s 
main campus 
is in Kamath 
Falls. 














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=Retired Linfield football jersey numbers:



-Ad Rutschman #32

Class of 1954



-Howard Morris #43

Class of 1958



-Vic Fox #47

Class of 1958



=T.E.A.C. on the back of Linfield football helmets:



-Team

-Excellence

-Attitude

-Class