Fan Teaser image. One could presume this lineman played at Duke
University … or did he?
Apparently a middling high school football player at Glendale (CA) High School, Marion “Duke” Morrison, parlayed his size, over 6-foot-4, into a tuition scholarship at the University of Southern California to play some football. He played on the freshman team in 1925 and then found his way to varsity as a spot player.
from his playing days at the University of Southern California, probably in 1925.
Allegedly, Morrison broke his collarbone while bodysurfing in the Pacific Ocean between season and the injury left him too weak to perform on the field and, ultimately, had his scholarship revoked.
He found his way to Hollywood as an extra in some westerns directed by John Ford and, eventually, became known to the rest of the world as John Wayne.
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