Ex-NIU men's track coach Morris dies in Colorado

DeKALB - Funeral services and a "celebration dinner" in memory of former Northern Illinois University head men's track coach and physical education professor Harold "Hal" Morris were conducted Monday in Bloomington, Ind. Morris, who ushered the Huskie thinclad program into the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I ranks and produced national caliber Northern Illinois student-athletes such as shot putters Rich Bilder and George Tyms, plus sprinter Gerry Krainik during his five-year tenure during 1968-73, passed away Thursday (Jan. 22) at age 65 in Keystone, Co., only months after his retirement from Indiana University. His untimely death was a shock to the Bloomington community where he served as the chair of the Indiana depart