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American Football Players

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Angus Morris "Monk" McDonald (1901 - 1977)
Angus Morris (Monk) McDonald, college athlete and physician, was born and raised in Charlotte, the son of Angus Morris, Sr., and Ann Howard McDonald. His father was founder of the Southern Real Estat...
Donnell Shaw Holt (1908 - 1984)
Donnell Shaw Holt, president and chairman of the board of Cannon Mills, was born in a mill house 100 feet from the gate of Trevora Mills in Graham, the son of Glenna and Seymour Holt, who eventually ...
Richard Armitage
Richard Lee Armitage (born April 26, 1945) is an American former naval officer and a Republican politician who was appointed the 13th United States Deputy Secretary of State at the State Department, ...
James Harvey Weaver (1903 - 1970)
James Harvey Weaver, athletic administrator, was born at Rutherford College, of which his father was president. One of five children of the Reverend Charles Clinton and Florence Stacy Weaver, his mot...
Michael Smith Harvey (1881 - 1958)
Son of Michael W & Persis D Harvey Michael and Emma Harvey were twins. Played Tackle at Auburn in 1900. Coached Alabama 1901. Auburn 1902. Ole Miss 1903-04.

FOUNDERS & CONTRIBUTERS

Walter Camp, known as the "Father of American Football" is the person who founded the rules for what we know as American Football.
Fielding Yost invented the position of linebacker, co-created the first ever bowl game, the 1902 Rose Bowl, with then legendary UM athletic director Charles Baird, invented the fieldhouse concept that bears his name, and supervised the building of the first on-campus building dedicated to intramural sports.
John Outland conceived the idea of the Outland Trophy because of his belief that interior lineman were not given enough recognition in college football. The trophy is the third oldest college football trophy. Selection of the winner is made by the Football Writers Association of America.
Lamar Hunt was one of the founders of the American Football League (AFL), also the founder and owner of the National Football League's Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs, and the Chicago Bulls.
Curly Lambeau and promoter of the Green Bay Packers.