{"id":730,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/730","headline":"Patriots Hall of Fame center Jon Morris dies at 84","dek":"Morris spent 11 seasons with the Patriots and became the franchise's first NFL Pro Bowler in 1970.","body":"The New England Patriots announced Thursday that Jon Morris, a Patriots Hall of Fame center, has died at 84.\n\nMorris played 11 seasons with the Boston and New England Patriots from 1964 through 1974, part of a 15-year career spanning both the AFL and NFL. He appeared in 130 games for the franchise and was one of the premier offensive linemen of his era.\n\nMorris earned seven consecutive league All-Star selections, including six AFL All-Star nods from 1964 through 1969. When the Patriots moved into the NFL after the AFL-NFL merger, Morris became the first player in franchise history to earn an NFL Pro Bowl selection, picking one up in the team's debut NFL season in 1970.\n\nPatriots chairman and CEO Robert Kraft paid tribute to Morris following the announcement of his death, remembering him as a key figure from the franchise's earliest years.","published_at":"2026-10-16T05:19:20.697634+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Patriots 1st Pro Bowler Ever Dies at 84","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/patriots-1st-pro-bowler-ever-034533032.html"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Jon Morris, Patriots Hall of Fame center and 1960s great, dies at 84","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7694801/2026/10/15/jon-morris-patriots-hall-of-fame-obit/"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Jon Morris, a member of the Patriots Hall of Fame, died at 84","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/jon-morris-a-member-of-the-patriots-hall-of-fame-died-at-84"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Jon Morris, former AFL and NFL center with Patriots, dies at 84","url":"https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50192401/jon-morris-former-afl-nfl-center-patriots-dies-84"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Patriots Hall of Famer Jon Morris passes away","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/patriots-hall-famer-jon-morris-215121665.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Patriots, Lions, Bears 7-time Pro Bowler, NBC analyst, dies at 84","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/patriots-lions-bears-7-time-221230904.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Jon Morris, former AFL and NFL center with Patriots, dies at 84","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/jon-morris-former-afl-nfl-224544150.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Former Patriots Center Jon Morris, Who Earned Team's First Pro Bowl Selection, Dies at 84","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-patriots-center-jon-morris-232126807.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Jon Morris, a member of the Patriots Hall of Fame, died at 84","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/jon-morris-member-patriots-hall-002531929.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fb95085/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhdliveextra-a.akamaihd.net%2FHD%2Fimage_sports%2FNBCU_Sports_Group_-_nbcsports%2F594%2F191%2Fnbc_pftpm_nyjvne_261015.jpg","credit":"Pro Football Talk","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}