William Raymond Morley Jr. (March 17, 1876 – May 27, 1932) was an American college football player, coach, and rancher.

After his father's death, his mother remarried, and moved with her three young children (one boy and two girls) and her new husband, Floyd Jarrett, to the Datil Mountains.

Jarrett abandoned the family in approximately 1889, and Morley's mother raised her children in a log house roofed with adobe sod.

[11][12][13] Caspar Whitney, owner and editor-in-chief of the monthly Outing magazine, chose Morley as the captain and first-team halfback for his 1901 College Football All-America Team.

[13] In his review of the 1901 football season, Charles Edward Patterson wrote: "Morley, stocky, muscular, not to be denied his two yards help or no help (and three times two means six, or a first down, you know!)

able to repeat indefinitely, the best interferer in present day football, a forty yard punter and a drop-kicker who can actually score.

It was that backfield which became the first Lion squad to beat Yale, and the 5–0 victory over the Elis was carried off through the efforts of this Hall of Famer, Bill Morley.

He was reported to be a "story teller of no mean ability," a skilled hunter, and "a hated foe of cattle rustlers.

"[24] An account published in the Albuquerque Journal described him as follows:"He was a man of picturesque appearance with a reddish beard that he wore in styles to suit his whim.

Three years ago [1929], in an effort to procure aid for New Mexico livestock men who had lost heavily in the postwar period, he let his hair grow to his shoulders and his beard to his waist, and marched in the inaugural parade at Washington, where he attracted wide attention and publicity.

[16] He also owned several properties and business in Magdalena, New Mexico, and was the president and one of the principal shareholders of the First National Bank of Magadalena.

[26] In a September 1918 draft registration card, Morley indicated that he was living in Datil and employed in the cattle and sheep ranching business.

[25] Morley's nephew, Norman Cleaveland, won a gold medal in rugby at the 1924 Summer Olympics.