John Russell Morrison (born May 2, 1945) is an American former professional

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player. He played in the American Basketball Association for the

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at the beginning of the 1967–68 season. After the NBA, Morrison became a head coach for Canisius College (1972–74) and an assistant for the ABA's

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(1974–76).

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