Jim Senter Explained

Jim Senter
Birth Date:10 June 1892
Birth Place:Clintwood, Virginia, U.S.
Death Date:March 1968
Death Place:New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
School:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Class:Graduate
Weight Lb:172
Pastschools:Georgia Tech (1914 - 1916)
Currentposition:End
Highlights:

James Corbett Senter (June 10, 1892 – March 1968) was an American college football player.

Georgia Tech

Football

Senter was a prominent end for John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology.[1] he was selected for Tech's All-Era team of the Heisman era.[2] He was selected All-Southern in 1914 and 1915.[3]

Senter was a starter for the 1916 Georgia Tech team which, as one writer wrote, "seemed to personify Heisman".[4] Senter played and scored in the 222 - 0 defeat of Cumberland University.[5] [6]

Baseball

Senter also pitched on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball team.

Cornell

In 1918, Senter completed his ground school training in the school of aeronautics at Cornell University.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Football Team.
  2. Web site: Georgia Tech Honors. Georgia Tech Athletic Association. 2007. September 30, 2007. October 8, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181008073817/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/geot/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/HONORS.pdf. dead.
  3. e. g. News: Atlanta Constitution. Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters. Dick Jemison. November 30, 1915.
  4. Book: Heisman, John M.. Heisman: The Man Behind the Trophy. 2 October 2012. 9781451682915. 144.
  5. Book: Football: a college history. Tom Perrin. 90. 1987. 9780899502946.
  6. Web site: Tech-222, Cumberland-0.
  7. News: Technique. Jim Senter Honor Man At Cornell. 4. February 12, 1918.