Albert Hill (American football) explained

Albert Hill
Birth Date:12 August 1896
Birth Place:Washington, Georgia, U.S.
Death Place:Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Class:1917
Height Ft:5
Height In:7
Weight Lb:164
Currentposition:Quarterback
Highschool:Washington
School:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
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Albert Barnett "Buster" Hill (August 12, 1896 – October 13, 1969)[1] was a college football player.

Early years

Albert Barnett Hill was born on August 12, 1896, in Washington, Georgia, to William Meriwether Hill and Susan Montgomery Stokes. He attended Washington High.[2]

Georgia Tech

Hill entered the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1913. He was a prominent player for John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football teams. Hill was elected to the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1966.[3]

1917

Hill was the quarterback for Georgia Tech's first national championship team in 1917, which outscored opponents 491 to 17. That year, he received the most carries while leading one of the greatest ever backfields alongside Everett Strupper, Joe Guyon, and Judy Harlan.[4] [5] [6] Hill led the nation in touchdowns. Sometimes simply referred to as the "diminutive quarterback,"[7] Hill was selected as a second-team All-American at the end of the 1917 season by Jack Veiock, sports editor of the International News Service (INS).[8] Heisman considered the 1917 team the best one he ever coached,[9] and for many years the team was considered the greatest football team the South ever produced.[10]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Hills of Wilkes County, Georgia and allied families. 1922. 122. Atlanta, Ga., Johnson-Dallis company.
  2. https://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/handle/1853/14413/1919compressed.pdf.txt?sequence=24
  3. Web site: Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame. 2014-09-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006113939/http://www.ramblinwreck.com/ot/fame/halloffame.html. 2014-10-06. dead.
  4. Web site: Georgia Tech's 1917 backfield, better than the Four Horsemen Part 2 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070443/http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv01/CFHSNv01n4h.pdf . 2016-03-04 .
  5. Book: Stadium Stories: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Adam Van Brimmer. 2006. 7. Insiders' Guide . 9780762740208.
  6. Everett Strupper, Tech Immortal, Passes Suddenly. 1950. Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine. 28. 4.
  7. Book: Golf In North Carolina. O. B. Keeler. 1938. Рипол Классик . 9785882112003.
  8. News: Jack Veiock. Veiock's All-American Elevens for 1917 Season. Logansport Pharos-Reporter. 1917-12-11.
  9. Book: 100 Things Yellow Jackets Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die. Adam Van Brimmer. 2011. Triumph Books . 9781617495748.
  10. Book: Creating The Big Game. registration. Wiley Lee Umphlett. 141. 1992. Greenwood Publishing Group. 0313284040.