Noble Atkins

Noble Atkins
TCU Horned Frogs
Position Center
Career history
College TCU (19291930)
Personal information
Place of birth Borger, Texas
Career highlights and awards

Noble Atkins was a college football and basketball player. He was a prominent center for the TCU Horned Frogs football team of Texas Christian.[1] Atkins was selected All-Southern in 1929 by football fans of the south through Central Press newspapers.[2] He weighed some 215 pounds during the football season, and managed 187 while playing basketball. He weighed around 200 when he played baseball.[3] He signed with the Green Bay Packers in 1933.[4]

References

  1. http://issuu.com/tcu_athletics/docs/2013-tcu-fb-fact-book/163
  2. "Southern Team". The Morning Herald. December 10, 1929. p. 11. Retrieved March 10, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Athlete's Weight Varies". The Spokesman-Review. July 8, 1929.
  4. http://www.packershistory.net/1933PACKERS.html
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