Morris was born on June 20, 1938. His father, Doug Morris, was an electrician at
Maple Leaf Gardens from its opening in 1931. Paul Morris began working at the Gardens in the summer of 1958 while a student at the
Ryerson Institute of Technology. He quit school and stayed at the Gardens, becoming PA announcer three years later when Red Barber was fired. Barber had been the team's PA announcer from 1931 until 1961. He was fired after mistakenly introducing
Lester B. Pearson, who was dropping the puck during a game's opening ceremony, as "Lister Beer Pearson". During his tenure at the Gardens, Morris, along with Bob Wood, designed and assembled the modern four-sided scoreboard that was used between 1966 and 1982. When the team moved from the Gardens to the
Air Canada Centre in February 1999, Morris was not given a full-time job at the new building. ==References==