Editing Fort Morgan, Colorado (section)

==Notable people==<!--consensus reached to standardize this heading per WP:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline -->
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* [[Sam Brunelli]] - football player.
* [[Michael Crichton]] - lived in Fort Morgan for a short time during [[World War II]] with his family when his father was drafted to serve in the war.<ref>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=David|title=King of the techno-thriller|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/dec/03/sciencefictionfantasyandhorror.michaelcrichton|work=The Observer|publisher=The Guardian|access-date=June 17, 2011|location=London|date=December 3, 2006}}</ref>
* [[Elvin C. Drake|Elvin Drake]] - head track and field coach for the 1956 [[NCAA]] Champion [[UCLA Bruins]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-25-sp-1384-story.html |title=Ducky Drake, Father of UCLA Athletics, Dies |author=John Cherwa |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 25, 1988}}</ref>
* [[Joel Dreessen]] - former tight end for the [[Denver Broncos]], grew up in Fort Morgan and attended Fort Morgan schools. He graduated from Fort Morgan High School in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://denver.cbslocal.com/2012/05/15/joel-dreessen-thinks-playing-for-the-broncos-will-take-him-to-next-level/|title= Joel Dreessen Thinks Playing For The Broncos Will Take Him To Next Level |date= May 15, 2012 |publisher= World Press.com |access-date=August 31, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Ryan Jensen (American football)|Ryan Jensen]] - center for the 2021 Super Bowl Champion [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]. Grew up in Fort Morgan and played football at Fort Morgan High School. Graduated in 2009.
* [[Trey McBride]] - American Football Tight End. Current member of the [[Arizona Cardinals]].
* [[Brenton Metzler]] - TV producer. He moved to Fort Morgan at the age 16 and graduated from Fort Morgan High School in 1997.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.outfrontmagazine.com/trending/gay-coloradan-talks-coming-moving-los-angeles-working-tv-producer/|title=Gay Coloradan talks coming out, moving to Los Angeles, and working as a TV producer|last=Yost|first=Mike|date=May 22, 2014|work=OUT FRONT|access-date=June 12, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/fort-morgan-news/ci_19688322|title=FMHS grad Brenton Metzler produces 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'|last=Barker|first=Dan|date=January 6, 2012|work=Fort Morgan Times|access-date=June 12, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Glenn Miller]] (1904–1944) - [[Big Band]] musician.  Fort Morgan was his boyhood home, where he went to [[High school (North America)|high school]] in Fort Morgan and was known to have once played trumpet on top of Abner S. Baker School, since destroyed in a fire and now rebuilt, which at the time was the high school campus, but is now an elementary school.
* [[Robert G. Whitehead|Robert Whitehead]] (1916–2007) - born in Fort Morgan.