Pat Patterson (American football) explained

Pat Patterson
Birth Date:1 May 1889
Birth Place:San Francisco, California, U.S.
Death Place:Columbus, Georgia, U.S.
Currentposition:Tackle, fullback
School:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Class:1912
Pastschools:Georgia Tech (1909–1911)
Highlights:

Harman Wayne "Pat" Patterson (May 1, 1889 – March 31, 1987) was an American college football player and engineer.

Early years

Harman Wayne Patterson, known as Wayne or "Pat", was born on May 1, 1889, in San Francisco. His father, Colonel Robert Harman Patterson, was an army officer and the family moved often.

Georgia Tech

Patterson was a prominent tackle and fullback on John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football teams. He also kicked the extra points.[1] Patterson also played baseball at Tech.[2] He was inducted into the Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1977.[3]

1910

Patterson was selected All-Southern as a football player in 1910.[4]

1911

He was captain of its 1911 team which included the later coach William Alexander as a reserve quarterback.[5] He was selected All-Southern by Dick Jemison in the Atlanta Constitution.[6]

After college

Following graduation from Tech in 1912, Patterson worked for Stone and Webster, the firm building the Goat Rock Dam in Columbus, Georgia.[2] He was a veteran of the First World War.[2] In 1942, he became vice president and treasurer of the newly organized Home Builders Cooperative.[7] Patterson retired as an electrical engineer for Georgia Power Company.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1910: The Greatest Game Ever. Patrick Garbin. May 4, 2010. February 20, 2015.
  2. Web site: H. Wayne Patterson Photographs.
  3. Web site: Hall of Fame. March 2, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006113939/http://www.ramblinwreck.com/ot/fame/halloffame.html. October 6, 2014. dead.
  4. News: All S. I. A. A. Team.. December 8, 1910. Times-Picayune.
  5. Web site: Year-by-year records. 311.
    - Web site: Georgia Tech Football Team of 1911. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160811174303/http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/12255. August 11, 2016.
    - Early Georgia Tech Football. College Football Historical Society. 14. 1. November 2000 .
  6. News: By Way of the Pigskin. Atlanta Constitution. Dick Jemison. Dick Jemison. Newspapers.com. November 21, 1911. March 4, 2015.
  7. The Georgia Tech Alumnus. 25. 1. September–October 1946. Georgia Tech Alumni Association. 20. Alumni Prominently Mentioned.