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Sctvman · 03-16-2025, 11:25 PM

Trevor Morris was far from someone you'd expect to have a career in baseball. Orville Trevor Morris (named after Orville Wright, one of the first two to fly an airplane) grew up in the small town of Melville, Saskatchewan, northeast of the provincial capital Regina.

Given that the winters are long, cold and hard, there was not much time for baseball to develop into people's livelihoods. Like most Canadian towns, hockey was the number one sport in the region, and Morris developed most of his skills on the ice. He was a brave soul, a goalie not wearing a mask back in the days when these folks had to be ironmen.

Born in 1921, he grew up there and graduated HS in 1939, before immediately moving into the workforce and getting a job at the local Hudson's Bay Company department store. He did that for 2+ years before he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy for World War II.

He was on multiple ships and after serving in more than 20 combat missions was discharged in 1945. He was dating his high school sweetheart, which he hadn't seen during the war effort, Elizabeth, then they married. On October 27, 1946 baby Claude was born.

After Christmas that year, Orville resigned from his position at the Hudson's Bay Company, and decided he wanted to uproot his family and move to the United States.

03-16-2025, 11:25 PM	#2
Sctvman Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 396	The story of Trevor Morris Trevor Morris was far from someone you'd expect to have a career in baseball. Orville Trevor Morris (named after Orville Wright, one of the first two to fly an airplane) grew up in the small town of Melville, Saskatchewan, northeast of the provincial capital Regina. Given that the winters are long, cold and hard, there was not much time for baseball to develop into people's livelihoods. Like most Canadian towns, hockey was the number one sport in the region, and Morris developed most of his skills on the ice. He was a brave soul, a goalie not wearing a mask back in the days when these folks had to be ironmen. Born in 1921, he grew up there and graduated HS in 1939, before immediately moving into the workforce and getting a job at the local Hudson's Bay Company department store. He did that for 2+ years before he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy for World War II. He was on multiple ships and after serving in more than 20 combat missions was discharged in 1945. He was dating his high school sweetheart, which he hadn't seen during the war effort, Elizabeth, then they married. On October 27, 1946 baby Claude was born. After Christmas that year, Orville resigned from his position at the Hudson's Bay Company, and decided he wanted to uproot his family and move to the United States.