American football player (1901–1977)
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John Fletcher shown starting an end run, which netted 20 yards in a Georgia-Virginia football game on November 10, 1923.
John Hamilton Fletcher Sr. (March 31, 1901 – June 4, 1977)[2] was an American college football player.
Fletcher was a prominent fullback for the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia, selected All-Southern in 1922.[3] Walter Camp gave him honorable mention on his All-America team.[4] In the game against Tennessee in 1923, one account reads "he rammed the ball almost the entire length of the field on two occasions."[5] He was elected captain of the 1924 team,[6] but went down with injury and had his place at captain filled by tackle Jim Taylor.[7] At Georgia he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega.[5]
References
- ^ "John Fletcher in Social Security Death Index". Fold3. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- ^ "John Hamilton Fletcher Sr. (1901-1977) - Find A..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- ^ "Georgia Tech Has Four on All-Southern Team". Miami Herald. December 13, 1922.
- ^ "Camp's All America Stars Show Why They Are Winners; Have Brains, Power, Spirit". Harrisburg Telegraph. December 26, 1922. p. 15. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "John Hamilton Fletcher". Banner-Herald. November 16, 1923.
- ^ "Team Captains". Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ^ "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow". The Banner-Herald. October 12, 1924. p. 1.
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