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The Legendary Troll King
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on January 5, 1947,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Morris#cite_note-NYTObit-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a> Morris attended Avonworth High School in the northwestern suburbs of the city. He attended West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M University) from 1965 to 1969, where he was an All-American for the Buffaloes at tailback in 1967 and 1968. In 1967, he finished second in the nation to O. J. Simpson of USC in rushing yards with 1,274.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Morris#cite_note-Morris_Fiffer-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a><span title="Page: 44–45">: 44–45 </span>
In his record setting year of 1968, Morris set collegiate records for rushing yards in a single game, with 340, rushing yards for a single season with 1,571, and rushing yards over a three-year college career (freshmen being ineligible), with 3,388.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Morris#cite_note-Morris_Fiffer-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a><span title="Page: 44–45">: 44–45 </span> Simpson broke the single-season rushing record just one week after Morris set it.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Morris#cite_note-Morris_Fiffer-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a><span title="Page: 44–45">: 44–45 </span> Morris's three-season career rushing record was broken two years later by Don McCauley.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Morris#cite_note-Morris_Fiffer-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a><span title="Page: 44–45">: 44–45 </span>
After college, Morris was picked in the third round of the 1969 AFL-NFL Common Draft by the AFL's Miami Dolphins.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Morris#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a>
In his record setting year of 1968, Morris set collegiate records for rushing yards in a single game, with 340, rushing yards for a single season with 1,571, and rushing yards over a three-year college career (freshmen being ineligible), with 3,388.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Morris#cite_note-Morris_Fiffer-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a><span title="Page: 44–45">: 44–45 </span> Simpson broke the single-season rushing record just one week after Morris set it.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Morris#cite_note-Morris_Fiffer-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a><span title="Page: 44–45">: 44–45 </span> Morris's three-season career rushing record was broken two years later by Don McCauley.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Morris#cite_note-Morris_Fiffer-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a><span title="Page: 44–45">: 44–45 </span>
After college, Morris was picked in the third round of the 1969 AFL-NFL Common Draft by the AFL's Miami Dolphins.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Morris#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a>