Personal Life and Background
Arnie Morton was born in Chicago and grew up in Hyde Park, Chicago. He graduated from Hyde Park High School and enlisted in the United States Army in World War II. He saw eight months of action and arrived in Normandy, France, just after D-day. After the war, he attended the University of Alabama where he played football for two (2) years.
Arnie Morton's father owned a restaurant on the South Side of Chicago. From the age of 15, Morton bused tables, worked in the kitchen, and performed a wide array of odd jobs at the restaurant. These laid the ground for his work in the 1960s as a founder of the famed Playboy Clubs and Resorts.
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