Bob McWhorter

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name = Bob McWhorter


caption = Bob McWhorter College Hall of Fame photo
college = Georgia
conference = Southern
sport = Football
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career_start = 1910
career_end = 1913
height_ft = 5
height_in = 10
weight_lb = 180
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date|1891|6|4|mf=y
birth_place = Athens, Georgia, United States
death_date = death date and age|1960|6|29|1891|6|4|mf=y
death_place = Athens, Georgia, United States
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awards = 1st All- American at the University of Georgia
honors = 1913 Parke Davis College Football All-America Team
College Football Hall of Fame (1954)
All-Southern team (four times)
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Robert Ligon "Bob" McWhorter (June 4, 1891 - June 29, 1960) played football and baseball at the University of Georgia. As a halfback, he scored 61 touchdowns from 1910 to 1913. In 1913, McWhorter became UGA’s first All-American. He was the captain of both the baseball and football teams in his senior year. He was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity, Phi Kappa Literary Society, and Phi Beta Kappa at Georgia. Although he was offered a professional baseball contract, he instead chose to study law at the University of Virginia.

After becoming an attorney, he returned to Athens, Georgia to practice law. He was a four term mayor of Athens (1940-1947) and a law professor at Georgia from 1923 to 1958. He died in the same town in which he was born, Athens, Georgia, on June 29, 1960, at the age of 69.

Bob McWhorter was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. He was inducted in the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1964.

ources

* [http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=10053 College Football Hall of Fame bio]
* [http://gshf.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=209&Itemid=50 Georgia Hall of Fame entry]

Persondata
NAME=McWhorter, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=McWhorter, Bob, McWhorter, Robert Ligon
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Lawyer, academic, policitian, college athlete
DATE OF BIRTH=June 4, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH=Athens, Georgia, Georgia (U.S. state), United States
DATE OF DEATH=June 29, 1960
PLACE OF DEATH=Athens, Georgia, Georgia (U.S. state), United States