Ken Whitlow
Appearance
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Position: | Center | ||
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Born: | Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S. | November 30, 1917||
Died: | November 12, 1969 Houston, Texas, U.S. | (aged 51)||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||
Career information | |||
High school: | Wichita Falls (TX) | ||
College: | Rice | ||
NFL draft: | 1941 / Round: 22 / Pick: 199 | ||
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Kenneth Moody "Tuffy" Whitlow (November 30, 1917 – November 12, 1969) was an American football center.
Whitlow was born in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1917 and attended Wichita Falls High School. He played college football for Rice.[1][2] He was selected by the Associated Press as the first-team center on the 1940 All-Southwest Conference football team.[3] He was also the captain of the southern team for the 1940 North–South Shrine Game.[4]
He played professional football in the All-America Football Conference for the Miami Seahawks in 1946. He appeared in a total of 13 professional games, seven of them as a starter.[1]
He died in 1969 in Houston.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Ken Whitlow Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
- ^ "Ken Whitlow Has Last Fling: Wichita Falls Boy to Finish At Rice Today". Times Record-News. December 7, 1940. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Power Is Keynote As A.P. Picks All-S.W. Conference Grid Team". The Brownsville Herald. December 6, 1940 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ken Whitlow Heads 'Grays': Wichita Falls Boy Named All-Star Co-Captain". Times Record-News. December 26, 1940. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.