Dave Collings Explained

Dave Collings
Birth Date:November 4, 1901
Birth Place:Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Position:Halfback / Punter
Pastschools:Georgia (1919–1922)
Currentnumber:5
Highschool:Boys High School (Atlanta)
Highlights:
  • SIAA Championship (1920, 1921)

David Ayres Collings Jr. (November 4, 1901 – December 8, 1982) was an American college football player. He played four seasons with the Georgia Bulldogs, 1919–1922.[1]

Biography

Collings was born in Atlanta in 1901.[2] He attended Boys High School there,[3] and played on the football team.[4]

Collings was a four-year letterman, 1919–1922, for the Georgia Bulldogs.[5] He was primarily a halfback and punter, and was part of the team's "ten second backfield" in 1920. He made a 40-yard drop kick against South Carolina that season,[6] and in the 7–0 defeat of Furman, a punting duel between Collings and Milton McManaway featured throughout.[7] In 1922, Collings started the game against Vanderbilt at quarterback.[8] In recounting his senior season, Georgia's yearbook listed him as an end and quarterback, and noted that he "rounded out his four years as a varsity back in a bright red cloak of glory." He was a member of Chi Phi fraternity.[9]

In 1924, sportswriter Morgan Blake included Collings as one of the two halfbacks in his selection of the greatest football players from Atlanta.[10]

As of November 1933, Collings was a district manager for The Coca-Cola Company,[11] and he was still employed by the company as of February 1942.[2] He apparently spent several years in the late 1930s living in Dallas.[12] Collings died in December 1982.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: All-Time Georgia Football Lettermen . georgiadogs.com . July 24, 2006 . September 9, 2024.
  2. Web site: Draft Registration Card . . February 1942 . fold3.com . subscription . September 9, 2024.
  3. News: Dave Collings To Enter Ga. Tech . . 9 . December 2, 1918 . September 9, 2024 . newspapers.com.
  4. News: Boys High Football Team . . 44 (Magazine) . March 2, 1958 . September 9, 2024 . newspapers.com . Boys High Football Team just before being defeated, 7-6, by Tech High in November 1917.
  5. All-Time Lettermen . Georgia Football Media Guide . Georgia Bulldog Athletics . 2024 . 135 . September 9, 2024 . issuu.com.
  6. Book: About Them Dawgs!: Georgia Football's Memorable Teams and Players. 9780810860407. Garbin. Patrick. 2008 . Google Books.
  7. News: Ga. Barely Overcome Furman Crew. 8. October 22, 1920. The Red and Black.
  8. News: Athens Banner. November 18, 1922. Mulvihill Out As Georgia Goes To Battle With Vandy. May 24, 2016. February 4, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150204193847/http://athnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/athnewspapers-j2k/view?docId=bookreader/adb/adb1922/adb1922-2537.mets.xml#page/1/mode/1up. dead.
  9. Book: Pandora . 1923 . University of Georgia . usg.edu . September 9, 2024.
  10. News: The Sport Aerial (column) . R. E. . McGill . . 13 . December 30, 2024 . September 9, 2024 . newspapers.com.
  11. News: Riding Roundup (column) . Gerald . Curtin . The Guthrie Daily Leader . . 6 . November 15, 1933 . September 9, 2024 . newspapers.com.
  12. News: Personals . . 21 . December 20, 1939 . September 9, 2024 . newspapers.com.
  13. Web site: Social Security Death Index . . fold3.com . subscription . September 9, 2024.

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