George_L._Hicks

George L. Hicks

George L. Hicks

American football player and colonel (1871–1956)

George Luther Hicks (April 4, 1871 – September 3, 1956)[1] was a college football player and colonel in the U. S. Army.[2] He served in the Spanish American War and World War I.[3]

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Biography

George Luther Hicks was a son of former Confederate field surgeon George L. Hicks, Sr. and Nancy Hicks, the daughter of Governor Thomas Holliday Hicks.[4][5][6] He married Mabel Mullen.[7]

University of Virginia

Hicks was a prominent tackle for the Virginia Cavaliers football team of the University of Virginia.[8][9] The school claims a Southern championship every year he played.[10] He was selected for an All-Southern team in 1895.[11]

References

  1. [1]
    George Luther Hicks findagrave.com
  2. [2]
    Liaison: The Courier of the Big Gun Corps. 1918. p. 224.
  3. [3]
    History of Dorchester County, Maryland, p. 317
  4. [4]
    https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/Dorchester/D-532.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. [5]
    Association, American Medical (May 7, 1902). "JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association". American Medical Association – via Google Books.
  6. [6]
    "Maryland Medical Journal". Medical Journal Company. May 7, 1902 – via Google Books.
  7. [7]
    "Army-Navy-Air Force Register and Defense Times". May 7, 1906 – via Google Books.
  8. [8]
    "The Great Game To-Day". The Times. November 29, 1894. p. 2.
  9. [9]
    "Col George L. Hicks". Virginia. 36: 78. 1947.
  10. [10]
    "Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation".
  11. [11]
    "[No title]". The Daily Tar Heel. April 18, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved March 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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