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Newell Obediah "Bud" Morse, Sr. (September 4, 1904 – April 6, 1987) was an American baseball second baseman and attorney. He played college baseball for the University of Michigan and played Major League Baseball for the 1929 Philadelphia Athletics team that won the 1929 World Series and is considered one of the greatest baseball teams in history. He later practiced as an attorney in California and Nevada. In 1957, he was recognized by the Governor of Nevada for "exceptional acts of heroism" in disarming a gunman who had run amok in the Reno, Nevada veterans' hospital, killing two persons and injuring a third. ==Early years== Morse was born in Berkeley, California.〔 His father, Newell O. Morse, Sr., was a native of Maine who managed and later owned a stationery and book store in Berkeley.〔Census entry for Newell O. Morse and family. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census (on-line ). Census Place: Berkely, Alameda, California; Roll: T624_72; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0040; Image: 403; FHL microfilm: 1374085.〕〔Census entry for Newell O. Morse and family. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census (on-line ). Census Place: Berkeley, Alameda, California; Roll: T625_93; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 197; Image: 516.〕〔Census entry for Newell O. Morse, Sr., and family. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census (on-line ). Census Place: Berkeley, Alameda, California; Roll: 112; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 328; Image: 31.0; FHL microfilm: 2339847.〕 At the time of the 1910 and 1920 United States Censuses, Morse was living in Berkeley with his parents, an older brother Paul, and a younger sister Helen.〔 Morse enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley in 1922. He was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity at Berkeley.〔The Blue and Gold Yearbook, 1924, pages 446 and 538.〕〔The Blue and Gold Yearbook, 1925, page 438.〕 According to the university's 1924 and 1925 yearbooks, Morse played for the California Golden Bears baseball team coached by former major league pitcher Carl Zamloch. Morse was listed as a five-foot, nine inch, 143 pound left fielder.〔The Blue and Gold Yearbook, 1924, page 263.〕〔The Blue and Gold Yearbook, 1925, page 380.〕 Morse transferred to the University of Michigan where he graduated in 1928 with a bachelor of science degree in education.〔1928 Michiganensian, page 119.〕 and played for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team. He was a member of the Phi Epsilon Kappa National Honorary Physical Education Fraternity at Michigan.〔1928 Michiganensian, page 278.〕 In 1956, Michigan's long-time baseball coach Ray Fisher selected his all-time Michigan baseball team and named Morse as one of two second basemen (along with Buck Giles). After leaving Michigan, returned to Berkeley to attend law school. He also played college baseball for Berkeley in 1929.〔 He reportedly delayed his matriculation into Boalt Hall law school when he signed with the Philadelphia Athletics.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bud Morse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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