James Pearce (tackle) explained

James Pearce
School:	Auburn Tigers
Currentposition:	Tackle
Class:	Graduate
Pastschools:	Auburn (1920 - 1922)
Highlights:	All-Southern (1920, 1922)

James Pearce was a college football player.

Early years

James was the son of Marvin Pearce. Marvin played both for Alabama and Auburn, including playing for Alabama in the first Iron Bowl. Marvin's father was the Confederate general James P. Pearce.^[1]

College football

Pearce was a prominent member of Mike Donahue's 1920 Auburn Tigers football team, one of Auburn's greatest teams.^[2] The 1922 team upset defending Southern champions Centre and is also considered highly, considered best by fullback Ed Sherling.^[3] Pearce made All-Southern in 1922.^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: November 28, 2008 . Player . The Tuscaloosa News .
2. Russell, Fred, and Maxwell Edward Benson. Fifty Years of Vanderbilt Football. Nashville, TN, 1938, p. 38
3. News: January 16, 1955 . Auburn's Gator Bowl Champs Rated Among Top Tiger Teams . Ocala Star-Banner .
4. News: December 10, 1922 . Georgia Tech Has Four on All-Southern Team . Richmond Times Dispatch .