J. R. Davis

J. R. Davis
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Position Tackle/Halfback
Class 1910
Career history
College Georgia Tech (1907–1909)
Personal information
Date of birth (1882-06-12)June 12, 1882
Place of birth Williamsburg, Virginia
Date of death August 16, 1947(1947-08-16) (aged 65)
Place of death Harriman, Tennessee
Weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Career highlights and awards

John Ryland "Twenty Percent" Davis (June 12, 1882 – August 16, 1947) was a college football player. Davis was known as "Twenty percent" because he was considered twenty percent of the team's worth.[1]

Georgia Tech

Davis was a tackle and halfback for John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was inducted into the Tech Athletic Hall of Fame in 1958.[2][3] The large Davis once carried the drum on his back through Griffin, Georgia for the Georgia Tech Glee Club.[4]

1908

Davis was selected All-Southern in 1908.[5] Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin wrote, "He has one glaring fault—a tendency to tackle around the eyebrows. Otherwise he is a splendid foot ball man. He weighs two hundred pounds, is never hurt, never fumbles, bucks a line hard and furnishes excellent interference. He was the strength and stay of Tech."[5]

1909

He was captain of the 1909 team.

References

  1. ↑ Triumph Books. Echoes of Georgia Football: The Greatest Stories Ever Told. p. 35.
  2. ↑ "Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame".
  3. ↑ "Tech Hall of Fame" (PDF). p. 253.
  4. ↑ "The Glue Club".
  5. 1 2 Spalding's Football Guide. 1909. p. 75.
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