Ham Dowling
Appearance
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | |
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Position | Tackle/Guard |
Class | Graduate |
Personal information | |
Born: | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. | November 12, 1895
Died: | January 28, 1986 Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. | (aged 90)
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career history | |
College | Florida (1915) Georgia Tech (1917–1919) |
High school | Duval |
Career highlights and awards | |
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James Hamilton "Ham" Dowling (November 12, 1895 – January 28, 1986) was an American college football player and once chief engineer of the Florida State Highway Commission.
University of Florida
[edit]Dowling played for the Florida Gators of the University of Florida in 1915.[1]
Georgia Tech
[edit]He then transferred to the Georgia Institute of Technology and played for John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado.[2] He was a member of the ANAK Society and Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
1917
[edit]Dowling was a member of Georgia Tech's first national championship team in 1917, which outscored opponents 491 to 17.
Florida State Highway Commission
[edit]He was once appointed chief engineer of the Florida State Highway Commission in 1933, and served in that capacity until 1946.[3] He was again chief engineer in 1954.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Golden Tornado's Coach Is An Old Hand at Football". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 2, 1917.
- ^ McEwen 1974, p. 60
- ^ "Alumni Mention". Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine. 12 (3). 1934.
- ^ "News Of The Alumni". 32 (5). 1954.
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Bibliography
[edit]- McEwen, Tom (1974). The Gators: A Story of Florida Football. Huntsville, Alabama: The Strode Publishers. ISBN 0-87397-025-X.
External links
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