| Sandy Beaver | |||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 5 October 1883 | ||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Augusta, Georgia, USA | ||||||||||||
| Death Place: | Gainesville, Georgia | ||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Educator | ||||||||||||
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Edgar Dunlap "Sandy" Beaver (October 5, 1883 - December 7, 1969) was a college football and baseball player, high school football coach, and educator.[1] He was owner and director of Riverside Military Academy near Gainesville, Georgia.[2] [3] In 1932 he served as member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
Beaver was a prominent guard for the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia.
In 1902 he was selected All-Southern.[4] Sandy played next to All-Southern center Harold Ketron.
Beaver served as Director of Riverside Military Academy.[5] He held the position at Riverside for over half a century, from 1913 to 1969.[6] At Riverside he was now known as 'Colonel' instead of Professor. Governor Eugene Talmadge appointed Beaver a brigadier general in the Georgia State Militia. He was thus often known as "General Sandy Beaver".[7] He is a member of the school's sports Hall of Fame.[8]
During his coaching career Beaver coached Riverside, University School For Boys (Stone Mountain), and Donald Fraser.[9] [10] At the University School his quarterback was Kid Woodruff.[11]