Sam Mason (American football) explained

Position:Fullback
Birth Date:21 July 1899
Birth Place:Hampton, Virginia, US
Death Place:Richmond, Virginia, US
Height Ft:5
Height In:8
Weight Lbs:175
High School:Episcopal (VA)
College:VMI
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Samuel Anthony Mason II (July 21, 1899 – March 7, 1971) was an American football player.

Mason was born in 1899 in Hampton, Virginia. He attended Episcopal High School and later the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). He played at the end position on the undefeated 1920 VMI Keydets football team that compiled a 9–0 record and became known as the "Flying Squadron". One writer at the time noted: "Mason is one of those men who accomplish difficult things with apparent ease. The very ease with which he stopped plays caused him to be overlooked by some of the so-called experts."[1]

He played college football for VMI and at the fullback position in the National Football League (NFL) for the Minneapolis Marines in 1922 and the Milwaukee Badgers in 1925. He appeared in eight NFL games, six as a starter.[2]

In later years, Mason was involved in horse breeding.[3] [4] He died in 1971 in Richmond, Virginia.[2] In 1972, he was posthumously inducted into the VMI Hall of Fame as one of its charter members.[5] He was also named as one of two ends on the all-time VMI football team.[1] [6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Original Flying Squadron Tops at VMI. Richmond Times-Dispatch. March 13, 1949. 75. Newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: Sam Mason. Sports Reference LLC. Pro-Football-Reference.com. June 26, 2020.
  3. News: Sports. Laurence Leonard. The Richmond News Leader. November 4, 1959. 26. Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Battlefield, To Market Vie In $5,000 Race. The Richmond News Leader. September 25, 1950. 24. Newspapers.com.
  5. Web site: VMI Hall of Fame. MI Keydets. February 6, 2022.
  6. News: Some Notes On VMI Linemen. Richmond Times Dispatch. February 12, 1946. 14. Newspapers.com.