Bobby Hooks | |
Birth Date: | 13 March 1907 |
Birth Place: | Americus, Georgia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Macon, Georgia, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1926–1928 |
Player Team1: | Georgia |
Player Positions: | Halfback |
Coach Years1: | 1930–1931 |
Coach Team1: | Georgia Military |
Coach Years2: | 1932–1940 |
Coach Team2: | Valdosta HS (GA) |
Coach Years3: | 1941 |
Coach Team3: | Mercer |
Overall Record: | 3–6 (college) 66–15–5 (high school) |
Championships: | Georgia state (1940) |
Awards: | All-Southern (1927) |
Robert Greene Hooks (March 13, 1907 – April 7, 1969) was an American football player and coach. He was a halfback for the Georgia Bulldogs, a member of its 1927 "Dream and Wonder" team. Against Yale, he threw a 59-yard touchdown pass to Frank Dudley.[1] He was selected All-Southern by football fans of the South through Central Press newspapers.[2] One of the “Four Horsemen” of Georgia - Hooks, Dudley, McCrary and Johnson. He later coached the Mercer Bears.[3] In 1964, he was elected to the State of Georgia Athletic Hall of Fame.