Frank Jones was an American college football and basketball player. He played for the Birmingham Athletic Club and Howard College before attending Auburn.[1]
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| Profile | |
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| Position | Tackle |
| Personal information | |
| Born | Alabama |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Auburn (1904–1905) |
| Awards and highlights | |
Auburn
editJones played for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers of Auburn University, selected an All-Southern tackle in 1905[2] and unanimously elected captain for 1906.[3] He was the third ever Auburn Tiger selected All-Southern, behind only Humphrey Foy and James Elmer.[4]
Jones was also captain of the first-ever Auburn basketball team.[5][6] Basketball seemed to take off in the South in 1906, when Yale's basketball team traveled throughout the South.[7] Auburn's two forwards, Bob Ware and Charlie Woodruff, played with Birmingham Athletic Club when it defeated Yale 24 to 18 on January 1, 1906. Auburn and B. A. C. battled to a 14 to 14 tie. The rules called for sudden-death overtime, but Jones refused to play the overtime period because he felt the referees weren't calling a fair game.[8]
In 1915, John Heisman selected the 30 best Southern football players and mentioned Frank Jones 19th.[9]
References
edit- ↑ "Teams' Line Up For Tomorrow's Game". Birmingham Post-Herald. March 15, 1906. p. 12.
- ↑ W. R. Tichenor (December 3, 1905). "Football Experts Give Their Selections For An All-Southern Team". The Atlanta Constitution.
- ↑ "The Captain". Orange and Blue. November 14, 1905. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- ↑ "2008 Auburn Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 180. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Auburn University Men's Basketball". Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- ↑ "AUBURN BASKETBALL CELEBRATING ITS CENTENNIAL THIS SEASON". October 4, 2005. Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- ↑ Mike Donahue (1907). "Intercollegiate Basket Ball in the South". Spalding's Official Collegiate Basket Ball Guide: 55.
- ↑ "Greatest Games". Auburn Tigers - Official Athletics Website. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
- ↑ J. W. Heisman (February 22, 1915). "Dixie's Football Hall of Fame". Atlanta Georgian. p. 5.
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