Humphrey Foy
Auburn Tigers | |
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Position | Fullback/Tackle |
Class | Graduate |
Personal information | |
Born: | Eufaula, Alabama | July 4, 1886
Died: | May 2, 1956 Eufaula, Alabama | (aged 69)
Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career history | |
College | Auburn (1903–1906) |
Career highlights and awards | |
William Humphrey Foy (July 4, 1886 – May 2, 1956) was a college football player.
Alabama Polytechnic
[edit]Foy was a prominent fullback for the Auburn Tigers of Alabama Polytechnic Institute.[1] The Auburn media guide also lists his position as a tackle.[2]
1903
[edit]He was injured in the 1903 season, suffering a broken collarbone.[3]
1904
[edit]He made the All-Southern team in 1904, Mike Donahue's first season as head coach. Auburn was the undefeated SIAA co-champion with Vanderbilt and its first year coach Dan McGugin. He was the second Auburn player ever selected All-Southern, behind only James Elmer.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Football in the South". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide: 161. 1904.
- ^ "All-Time Lettermen" (PDF).
- ^ "Seventeen Were Killed On Football Field Of '03". Atlanta Constitution. November 29, 1903. p. 6. Retrieved March 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "2008 Auburn Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 180. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.