Dan Whelchel (August 26, 1894 – March 1, 1988) was a college football player and fruit horticulturalist.
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | |
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Position | Guard |
Class | Graduate |
Personal information | |
Born: | Dawson County, Georgia, U.S. | August 26, 1894
Died: | March 1, 1988 West Helena, Arkansas, U.S. | (aged 93)
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 194 lb (88 kg) |
Career history | |
College | Georgia Tech (1917–1919) |
Career highlights and awards | |
Early years edit
Dan Whelchel was born in Dawson County, Georgia on August 26, 1894 to Jordan Davis Whelchel and Amanda Jane Palmour. At the time of his enrollment at Tech he was living in Ashburn, Georgia.[1] Dan was a first cousin of All-Southern Georgia Bulldogs football player Hugh Whelchel.
Georgia Tech edit
Whelchel was a prominent guard for John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology.[1]
1917 edit
He was a member of the school's first national championship team in 1917, having to join the American effort in the First World War before he got to celebrate.[2]
Horticulturalist edit
Whelchel later was a fruit horticulturalist in Arkansas, specializing in nuts.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b "Football Prospects". The Technique. October 2, 1901. p. 6.
- ^ Heisman, John M. (2012). Heisman: The Man Behind The Trophy. Simon & Schuster. pp. 160, 164. ISBN 978-1451682915.
- ^ Year: 1930; Census Place: Hornor, Phillips, Arkansas; Roll: 87; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0012; Image: 832.0; FHL microfilm: 2339822.