Morrie

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Morrie is a masculine given name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Morris or Maurice. It may refer to:

People[edit]

  • Morrie Aderholt (1915-1955), American Major League Baseball player
  • Morrie Arnovich (1910–1959), American Major League Baseball player
  • Morrie Boyle (1910–2002), Australian rugby league player
  • Morrie Brickman (1917-1994), American cartoonist, creator of the syndicated comic strip The Small Society
  • Morrie Church (1922-1981), New Zealand rugby league coach
  • Morrie Elis (1907-1992), American bridge player
  • Morrie Ewans (1894–1971), Australian rules footballer
  • Morrie Goddard (1921-1974), New Zealand rugby union player
  • Morrie Lanning (born 1944), American politician
  • Morrie Martin (1922-2010), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Morrie McHugh (1917-2010), New Zealand rugby union player
  • Morrie Rath (1886–1945), American Major League Baseball player
  • Morrie or Maurie Robertson (1925-2000), New Zealand rugby league player, captain and coach
  • Morrie Ryskind (1895–1985), American dramatist, lyricist, writer and conservative political activist
  • Morrie Schwartz (1916–1995), American sociology professor, and author
  • Morris Thompson (1939–2000), Alaska Native leader, businessman and political appointee
  • Morrie Turner (1923-2014), American cartoonist, creator of the syndicated comic strip Wee Pals
  • Morrie Wood (1876-1956), New Zealand rugby union player
  • Morrie Yohai (1920-2010), American food company executive, creator of the snack Cheez Doodles
  • Morrie (musician), Japanese singer-songwriter Motoyuki Ōtsuka (born 1964)

Fictional characters[edit]

  • Morris "Morrie" Bench, aka Hydro-Man, a Marvel Comics villain

See also[edit]