Donald Nichols (American football) explained

Birth Date:	17 October 1901
Birth Place:	California, U.S.
Death Place:	Orange County, California, U.S.
School:	California Golden Bears
Pastschools:	California (1921 - 1923)
Currentposition:	Halfback
Highschool:	Pomona
Bowlgames:	Rose Bowl (1922)
Highlights:	Billy Evans National Honor Roll (1922) All-American (1922) 2× First-team All-Pacific Coast (1922, 1923) 3× National champion (1921, 1922, 1923)

Donald Penfield Nichols (October 17, 1901  - March 14, 1978) was a college football player and attorney from Pomona, California.^[1]

Early years

Nichols was born in California on October 17, 1901 to Allen P. Nichols and Elizabeth Adgate.^[2]

University of California, Berkeley

Nichols attended Pomona high school.^[3] He was a prominent running back for Andy Smith's California Golden Bears. He was twice selected All-Pacific Coast,^[4] and made Billy Evans's "National Honor Roll" in 1922.^[5] Nichols was the star of the 45 - 7 victory over Washington.^[6] He was elected captain of the 1923 team^{[7] [8]} as well as the representative of his class to the executive board.^[9] Nichols was one of the players who left with coach Smith on a scouting trip to Stanford in Palo Alto as the Bears were tied by Nevada.^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mount San Antonio College (1954), Walnut, CA. Mocavo.
2. "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8NJ-BZJ : accessed 9 January 2016), Donald Penfield Nichols and Beatrice I Butterfield, 24 Jul 1926; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,649.
3. Web site: The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. 1920.
4. News: Seven Bears Picked For Mythical Coast Football Eleven. M.D. Tracy. Modesto Evening News. December 5, 1922. 10.
5. News: Billy Evans. Big Ten Given Eleven Places on Honor Roll: Kirk, Kirke and Goebel Named. The Lima News. 1922-12-13.
6. Web site: Sacramento Union 12 November 1922 — California Digital Newspaper Collection.
7. Web site: The Stanford Daily 27 November 1922 — The Stanford Daily.
8. Don Nichols Will Lead California in Football Next Year. 15. 349. California Alumni Monthly. 1922.
9. Web site: Berkeley Daily Gazette - Google News Archive Search.
10. Web site: BearInsider.com - Reflecting on Opening Day at Memorial Stadium. 2016-01-09. 2016-01-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20160125211504/http://www.bearinsider.com/news/story.php?article=117. dead.