1962-63 - Kyle Morgan ~ Year in Review

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Kyle Morgan Junior Superlatives

Tri-Hi-Y  - Officer,   Beta Club,  Quill and Scroll,  Hi-Times reporter,  Annual Staff,  Eagle Club, National Scholastic Honor Roll,  Football,  Basketball,  Baseball,  Track,  Football Most Valuable,   Football All-State,  Football All-America,  Basketball All-State,  Basketball Most Valuable,   Track Best Performance Award,  ( Low Hurdles, High Hurdles, and Pole Vault ), Best All-Around Athlete Award, Maryland High School Athlete of the Year.

Scholastic Awards

Highest Grade-point average for year ~ 100.0 %

Spanish award

Elected Beta Club President for Senior Year

English Achievement Award

Physical Education Achievement award for 200 push-ups, 200 pull-ups, 200 Squats, Fastest 100 yard dash time ( 9.13 ),  Fastest long distance event time ~ ( 4.08 ) Mile run

Superintendents Award ~ Best Representative of the School Award   

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Kyle Morgan Junior year football statistics

Rushes ~ 147 in 14 games

Yards on rushes ~ 1,611   ~  10.96 yards per rush

Rushed for touchdown ~ 14

Passing attempts ~ 236 ~  18.85 per game

Passing completions ~ 189 ~  13.50 completions per game

Yards passing ~ 14 games ~ 2,922 yards ~ 19.90 yards per completion

Touchdown passes ~  21

Punt returns for Touchdowns ~ 2

Interceptions thrown ~ 3

Field Goal attempts ~ 6 ~ made 6 ~ Long 55 yards ~ State record

Extra point attempts ~ 88  ~  Made 88 ~ state record

Honors ~  All-State Player of the Year AAAA,  High School All-America,  High School Best Athlete on All-State Team  ~   Maryland Super-11 first team 

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Basketball Statistics

Field Goal attempts  ~  432  ~ Made 301 ~ % 69.80

Foul shots attempted  ~ 243  ~ made 240 ~ %  99.20

Assists per game ~ 7.63

Points per game ~  28.63

Honors ~  All-State AAAA,   United States All-America Team,  Scholastic All-America,  Maryland High School Player of the Year

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Track ~ National Record established in 180 yard low Hurdles ~ 18.00

              National Record established in High Hurdles ~ 12.88

              National Record in High school Pole Vault ~ 16' - 9"

              First High school Athlete to break 13.0 in High hurdles

              First High School Athlete to vault 16 feet

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  The Top 25 Songs of 1963 by sales

Morgan's record "The Dance Song" climbed as high as number THREE on the Nation's Top 40 chart in February of 1963

"Only the Heart Can Know" would climb to # FOUR in March of 1963