Following his discharge from the Army, he returned to Missouri and began working in the mail room of the former Union National Bank in Kansas City, Missouri and attended the University of Kansas City (now UMKC) School of Law at night, earning a law degree.

Morris headed up one of four local groups who placed bids for a Kansas City franchise in 1972 while also pursuing the Democratic nomination for Missouri governor.

Morris ultimately was not awarded the NHL team and lost the primary race to Edward Dowd of St. Louis.

On January 27, 1975, Morris underwent open heart surgery at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City but never recovered.

Icing on the Plains: The Rough Ride of Kansas City's NHL Scouts, Troy Treasure, 2018, Balboa Press