George L. Watkins
George L. Watkins | |
|---|---|
| 18th Mayor of Tulsa | |
| In office 1930–1932 | |
| Preceded by | Dan W. Patton |
| Succeeded by | Herman Frederick Newblock |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 8, 1886 Faunsdale, Alabama |
| Died | March 14, 1962 (aged 75) Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Coaching career | |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1904–1906 | Sewanee |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1907 | Louisiana Tech |
| 1914 | Sewanee (assistant) |
| Baseball | |
| 1908 | Louisiana Tech |
George LeGrande Watkins (June 8, 1886 – March 14, 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]
Louisiana Tech
Watkins would later go on to serve as an athletic coach at Louisiana Tech University (then known as Louisiana Industrial Institute).[6]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (Independent) (1907) | |||||||||
| 1907 | Louisiana Tech | 9–1 | |||||||
| Louisiana Tech: | 9–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 9–1 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "About Sewanee Alumni". Sewanee News: 8. 1959.
- ^ W. R. Tichenor (December 3, 1905). "Football Experts Give Their Selections For An All-Southern Team". The Atlanta Constitution.
- ^ "Lettermen". Sewanee Alumni News: 14. 1949.
- ^ a b Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. "Athletics". Annual Circular Letters of the ... Active Chapters of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. 20: 336.
- ^ "Sewanee's All-Time Football Team". Sewanee Alumni News. February 1949.
- ^ Vol 1908: Lagniappe. Louisiana Tech University. 1908. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
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