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 Timmons at Clemson in 1941 | |
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February 8, 1917 Piedmont, South Carolina |
| Died |
March 27, 1996 (aged 79) Greenville, South Carolina |
Charles Truman Timmons (February 8, 1917 – March 27, 1996) was an American football fullback in the All-America Football Conference for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He played college football at the University of Georgia and Clemson College; as a sophomore at the 1940 Cotton Bowl, he rushed for 127 yards and scored the only touchdown in the 6–3 Clemson win.[1][2]
Timmons was selected in the nineteenth round of the 1942 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins, but instead joined the U.S. Navy. During training, he played for the Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football team.[3]
References[]
- ↑ Snider, Steve (January 2, 1940). "Cotton Bowl game costly". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). p. 14. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FG8hAAAAIBAJ&pg=3685%2C256699.
- ↑ "Clemson upsets Boston College". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). January 2, 1940. p. 2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_stYAAAAIBAJ&pg=5676%2C5259685.
- ↑ Jones, Wilbur D., Jr. (2009). "Football! Navy! War!" how military "lend-lease" players saved the college game and helped win World War II. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co.. p. 69. ISBN 978-0786454167. https://books.google.com/books?id=0EkyXxoyJcoC&q=Charlie+Timmons+football&pg=PA68.
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