George Watkins (American football)

George Watkins
Biographical details
Born (1886-06-08)June 8, 1886
Faunsdale, Alabama
Died March 16, 1962(1962-03-16) (aged 75)
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Alma mater Sewanee: The University of the South
Playing career
19041906 Sewanee
Position(s) Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1914 Sewanee (assistant)

George LeGrande Watkins (June 8, 1886 March 16, 1962) was a college football player and coach who was once mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 1959 Watkins was made chairman of the Tulsa County Excise Board by the Oklahoma Tax Commission.[1]

Sewanee

Watkins was a prominent center for the Sewanee Tigers football teams of Sewanee: The University of the South, a small Episcopal school in the mountains of Tennessee. He thrice made All-Southern.[2] Watkins was unanimously selected captain of the 1906 team.[3][4] He is the second-team center on Sewanee's all-time team, behind Frank Juhan.[5] At Sewanee he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.[4]

References

  1. "About Sewanee Alumni". Sewanee News: 8. 1959.
  2. W. R. Tichenor (December 3, 1905). "Football Experts Give Their Selections For An All-Southern Team". The Atlanta Constitution.
  3. "Lettermen". Sewanee Alumni News: 14. 1949.
  4. 1 2 Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. "Athletics". Annual Circular Letters of the ... Active Chapters of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity 20: 336.
  5. "Sewanee's All-Time Football Team". Sewanee Alumni News. February 1949.


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