Noble Atkins Explained

School:	TCU Horned Frogs
Birth Place:	Borger, Texas, U.S.
Pastschools:	TCU (1929 - 1930)
Currentposition:	Center
Highlights:	Third-team All-American (1930) 2× First-team All-SWC (1929, 1930) All-Southern (1929)

Noble Atkins was a college football and basketball player. He was a prominent center for the TCU Horned Frogs football team of Texas Christian.^[1] Atkins was selected All-Southern in 1929 by football fans of the south through Central Press newspapers.^[2] He weighed some 215 pounds during the football season, and managed 187 while playing basketball. He weighed around 200 when he played baseball.^[3] He signed with the Green Bay Packers in 1933.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2013 TCU Football Fact Book.
2. News: Southern Team. The Morning Herald. December 10, 1929. 11. March 10, 2015. Newspapers.com.
3. News: Athlete's Weight Varies. July 8, 1929. The Spokesman-Review.
4. Web site: The 1933 Green Bay Packers (5-7-1) . www.packershistory.net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130715081754/http://www.packershistory.net/1933PACKERS.html . 2013-07-15.