Jim Morgan was an Australian rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 footballer of the 1960s and 70s. He played at prop forward in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership for the South Sydney Rabbitohs

South Sydney Rabbitohs

The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital...

 and later the Eastern Suburbs Roosters, and also represented Australia.

Hailing from Maitland, Morgan first came to prominence in 1964 when playing for a representative Newcastle side that defeated premiers St. George

St. George Dragons

The St George Dragons was an Australian Rugby league football club in St George, Sydney, New South Wales that played in Australia's top-level Rugby league competition from New South Wales Rugby Football League in 1921 until 1998; in 1999 they formed a joint venture with the Illawarra Steelers,...

 on their way to winning that year's State Cup. The following year he was signed with South Sydney to play in the Sydney Premiership. In his first season with the Rabbitohs, he played in their Grand Final loss to St. George.

Sources

• http://maitland.yourguide.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/hall-of-fame-for-maitland-rugby-league-stalwart/772891.aspx
• http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Jim-Morgan_5884.aspx
• http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=67847
• http://rugbyleagueproject.com/players/Jim_Morgan.html
• http://www.nrlstats.com/archive/players.cfm?PlayerID=5016