Across the Miles with
Gordy Taylor Series:
010 (Leroy) “Stix” Morley-(Deceased) BA-
He competed in football,
basketball and track at WIU from 1925-1929.
After teaching 18 years at
the high school level in
During his 22-year WIU basketball coaching tenure Morley produced a 367-213
record.
His teams won eight
Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) titles, competed in seven
NAIA finals and placed second nationally in 1955 and 1958.
He was named the 1955 NAIA
Coach of the Year and the 1956 Rochne Club Coach of
the Year.
In 1963 Morley was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame.
He was selected as charter
member of the Illinois High School Hall of Fame (1973) and was inducted into
the WIU Hall of Fame in 1974.