| James C. Elmer | |
| Currentposition: | Center/Guard |
| School: | Ole Miss Rebels |
| Birth Date: | 21 January 1882 |
| Birth Place: | Biloxi, Mississippi |
| Death Place: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Class: | Graduate |
| Pastschools: | Auburn (1902) Virginia (1903) Ole Miss (1904 - 1906) |
| Weight Lb: | 230 |
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James Chester Elmer (January 21, 1882 - April 30, 1920)[1] was a college football player and once sheriff of Harrison County, Mississippi.
He was a prominent guard and center for the Auburn Tigers of Alabama Polytechnic Institute.[2] The yearbook remarks "The student body thinks "Jimmy Bigs" Elmer is the laziest man in college. [Jimmy, when you show this to Papa, tell him that "Large bodies move slowly."]"[3]
He was selected All-Southern[4] in 1902. Tradition dictates many publications list Elmer as the school's first All-Southern selection despite the success in 1899 of Arthur Feagin.[5] [6] [7] A report of the 6 to 0 loss to Sewanee reads "Elmer, of Auburn, was the star of the game, his work in the line being remarkable."[8]
He attended the University of Virginia for a year.
He continued his legal studies at the University of Mississippi.[1]
In the Egg Bowl of 1906, Elmer's kicking accounted for 13 points in a 29 to 5 rout.[9] Elmer also caught the first forward pass in the history of that rivalry. He was elected All-Southern by former Tennessee player Nash Buckingham in the Memphis Commercial Appeal.[10] [11]