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Frank Godchaux Sr.

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Frank Godchaux
Born1870
OccupationPresident of Louisiana Rice Milling Company
College football career
Vanderbilt Commodores
PositionQuarterback
Class1901
Career history
College

Frank Area Godchaux Sr. (1870 – ?) was a former president of the Louisiana Rice Milling Company, a $10,000,000 corporation.[1][2] He was a letterman and quarterback for the Vanderbilt Commodores on the 1899 team,[3] transferring from LSU in 1897.[4][5] He and his son Frank Godchaux Jr were the first father-son Vandy lettermen. Godchaux Sr. was the only child of pioneering merchant Gustave Godchaux, whose parents came from France to Louisiana.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.crowleypostsignal.com/louisiana-state-rice-milling-company
  2. ^ "Claitor's Law Books and Publishing Division".
  3. ^ "Godchaux Honored by Vanderbilt". The Kappa Alpha Journal. 38 (1): 58.
  4. ^ cf. Kathy Rivers. "Godchaux Family".
  5. ^ "Vanderbilt–A University of the New South". Outing. 64: 320–331. 1914.
  6. ^ http://www.jstor.org/stable/4233804