John Douglas Morgan (29 November 1907 â 25 August 1967) was a New Zealand track and field athlete who represented his country at the 1938 British Empire Games. He later became a successful athletics coach.
Born in Wellington on 29 November 1907, Morgan was the son of John Stanley Morgan and Emma Ethel Morgan (née Sauvarin). On 29 November 1928 he married Beatrice May Cole, and they had two children.
At the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Morgan finished eighth in the men's discus, with a best throw of .
Representing West Coast North Island, Morgan won the New Zealand national discus title in 1939, recording a best distance of .
Morgan later took up coaching, specialising in sprinting and hurdling. He trained athletes including Peter Henderson, Avis McIntosh and Brenda Matthews.
A glass worker by trade, Morgan died in London on 25 August 1967.