At 89, He's Still Young at Heart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Paul Morrison has been involved with Drake athletics since 1935 when he was a freshman at the university. 
The former athletic business manager and sports information director has served as the school's athletic historian since he retired from Drake in 1986.
At a spry 89-years old, no one can match Morrison's zeal for being involved in intercollegiate athletics.
Morrison is in the midst of a transcontinental journey with Bulldog teams that will see him travel 9,945 miles in a one-week span.
He attended his 626th Drake football game Saturday (Nov. 11) in Jacksonville, Fla.
After returning to Des Moines Sunday, he will travel with the Drake basketball team to Fairbanks, Alaska, Tuesday as the Bulldogs open their season competing in the Top of the World Classic.
"I rode on a ferry boat in Florida on Friday and I will be on dogsled run with the basketball team in Alaska on Wednesday," said Morrison, who is a member of the College Sports Information Directors Hall of Fame. "I'm looking forward to Alaska.
"My Drake travels will be comparable to my extremes when I was in the Army," added Morrison, who was stationed  in Maryland and The Philippines during World War II.