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==Early life== Morrow was born in [[Harlingen, Texas|Harlingen]], [[Texas]],<ref name=SR/> on October 15, 1935,<ref name=Puente>{{cite news|title=Bobby J. Morrow, Olympic medal winner, San Benito native, passes away at 84|url=https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/bobby-j-morrow-olympic-medal-winner-san-benito-native-passes-away-at-84/|first=Nathaniel|last=Puente|date=May 30, 2020|access-date=May 30, 2020|work=ValleyCentral News|publisher=KVEO-TV}}</ref> and raised on a cotton and carrot farm on the outskirts of [[San Benito, Texas|San Benito]], Texas.<ref name=AP>{{cite news|title=Bobby Joe Morrow, 3-time winner in 1956 Olympics, dies at 84|url=https://apnews.com/cc34f8fe4de070c2f07debdfa7ce5164|date=May 30, 2020|access-date=May 30, 2020|work=Associated Press News}}</ref><ref name=SI>{{cite magazine|title=Bioperse: Bobby Morrow|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1956/07/02/bioperse-bobby-morrow|date=July 2, 1956|page=59|volume=5|edition=1|magazine=Sports Illustrated|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531022552/https://vault.si.com/vault/1956/07/02/bioperse-bobby-morrow|archive-date=May 31, 2020|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref> Before becoming a [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]], Morrow played [[American football|football]] for [[San Benito High School (Texas)|San Benito High School]].<ref name=AP/> Morrow also was a sprinter at [[Abilene Christian University]],<ref name=AP/> and became a member of the men's club Frater Sodalis in 1955.<ref name=Martin>{{cite news|title=The Fastest Nice Christian Boy in the World|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-fastest-nice-christian-boy-in-the-world/|first=William|last=Martin|date=August 1984|access-date=May 30, 2020|magazine=Texas Monthly}}</ref>
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