Amos Kent | |
Birth Date: | 3 January 1902 |
Birth Place: | Kentwood, Louisiana |
Death Place: | Richardson, Texas |
Currentposition: | Center/Guard |
School: | Sewanee Tigers |
Currentnumber: | 6 |
Highschool: | Gulf Coast Military Academy |
Weight Lb: | 193 |
Class: | Graduate |
Pastschools: | Sewanee (1922 - 1925) |
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Amos Kent (January 3, 1902 - August 25, 1986) was a college football player and lumber salesman.
Amos Kent was born on January 3, 1902, in Kentwood, Louisiana, to Walter Campbell Kent and Katherine Esther Varnado. His great-grandfather and namesake Amos Kent founded the town of Kentwood in 1850. The older Amos came originally from Chester, New Hampshire.
Amos Kent was a prominent center and guard for the Sewanee Tigers of .[1] At Sewanee Kent was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.[2]
He was selected All-Southern.[3]
He was once the president of the Amos Kent Lumber Company.[4]