Doc Fenton
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| LSU Tigers | |
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| Position | Quarterback/End |
| Class | Graduate |
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| High school | Scranton (PA) |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | April 30, 1887 |
| Place of birth | Scranton, Pennsylvania |
| Date of death | February 8, 1968 (aged 80) |
| Place of death | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
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| College Football Hall of Fame (1971) | |
George Ellwood "Doc" Fenton (April 30, 1887 – February 8, 1968) was an American college football player. He was elected to the Louisiana State University Hall of Fame in 1937 and to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.
Early years
Doc Fenton was born on April 30, 1887 in Scranton, Pennsylvania to Robert Emmett Fenton and Catherine Farr.
College
After leaving Scranton High School, Fenton began his college football career at St. Michael's College, in Canada, in 1904. At St. Michael's, he played rugby. Fenton later talked about his time at St. Michael's by stating “I got all the fundamentals playing rugby in Toronto. I learned how to kick on the run, and I learned how to operate in an open field.”[1]
Mansfield
He later played football at Mansfield State Normal School (now Mansfield University) in Pennsylvania from 1904 to 1906. He started out as an end at Mansfield, but later became a star receiver in 1906, which was the first year of the legal forward pass. Mike Lally was his teammate at both Mansfield and LSU.[2]
LSU
Fenton was heavily recruited by LSU and Mississippi A&M (now Mississippi State University). Fenton ultimately ended up signing with LSU for the 1907 season. Fenton was selected for LSU's All-Time football team in 1935.[3] He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869–1919 era team.[4] He earned the reputation of doing everything well with a football.[5]
1907
Fenton played at end during the 1907 season in which LSU played in the Bacardi Bowl.[6]
1908
He was shifted quarterback during the 1908 season. The team went 10–0 and was selected as national champion by the National Championship Foundation. Fenton was selected All-Southern by Nash Buckingham in the Memphis Commercial Appeal.[7] He threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Mike Lally in the win over Auburn.[8] The National Football Foundation selected Fenton as a retroactive Heisman Trophy winner of 1908.[9]
1909
Fenton again started at quarterback on the 1909 team. He was selected All-Southern by John Heisman.[10]
References
- ↑ http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=1621834
- ↑ "From 'The LSU Football Vault': The 1908 Season".
- ↑ George Trevor (November 30, 1935). "All-Time All-Star Team Louisiana State University". Tulane University Football Program-The Greenie; L.S.U. vs. Tulane.
- ↑ "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
- ↑ http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv09/CFHSNv09n3b.pdf
- ↑ "Fenton and Flournoy in La. Hall of Fame". Lake Charles American Press. January 18, 1967. p. 31. Retrieved April 15, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "All SIAA Teams of Past Six Years". Atlanta Georgian. November 27, 1909.
- ↑ "Auburn Goes Down Before Louisiana", Montgomery Advertiser, November 1, 1908.
- ↑ http://www.footballfoundation.org/Portals/7/nff/file_file/2009_footballetter_issue_3.pdf
- ↑ "The All-Southern Eleven Picked By Coach Heisman". Atlanta Constitution. November 28, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
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