George L. Hicks Explained
| George L. Hicks |
| Birth Date: | 4 April 1871 |
| Currentposition: | Tackle |
| Pastschools: | Virginia (1892 - 1894) |
| Class: | Graduate |
| Weight Lb: | 173 |
| School: | Virginia Cavaliers |
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George Luther Hicks (April 4, 1871 – September 3, 1956)[1] was a college football player and colonel in the U. S. Army.[2] He served in the Spanish American War and World War I.[3]
Biography
George Luther Hicks was a son of former Confederate field surgeon George L. Hicks, Sr. and Nancy Hicks, the daughter of Governor Thomas Holliday Hicks.[4] [5] [6] He married Mabel Mullen.[7]
University of Virginia
Hicks was a prominent tackle for the Virginia Cavaliers football team of the University of Virginia.[8] [9] The school claims a Southern championship every year he played.[10] He was selected for an All-Southern team in 1895.[11]
Notes and References
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26948897/george-luther-hicks George Luther Hicks
- Book: Liaison: The Courier of the Big Gun Corps. 224. 1918.
- https://wolfensberger.org/pages/library/books/Maryland/historyofdorches00jone.pdf History of Dorchester County, Maryland, p. 317
- https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/Dorchester/D-532.pdf
- Web site: JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. American Medical. Association. May 7, 1902. American Medical Association. Google Books.
- Web site: Maryland Medical Journal. May 7, 1902. Medical Journal Company. Google Books.
- Web site: Army-Navy-Air Force Register and Defense Times. May 7, 1906. Google Books.
- News: The Great Game To-Day. 2. November 29, 1894. The Times.
- Virginia. Col George L. Hicks. 36. 1947. 78.
- Web site: Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation.
- News: [No title]]. The Daily Tar Heel. Newspapers.com. April 18, 1896. 4. March 14, 2015.
