Jimmy Hitchcock
Auburn Tigers – No. 20; 22 | |
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Position | Halfback / Quarterback |
Class | Graduate |
Personal information | |
Born: | Inverness, Alabama, U.S. | June 28, 1911
Died: | June 24, 1959 Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. | (aged 47)
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight | 172 lb (78 kg) |
Career history | |
College |
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High school | Union Springs |
Career highlights and awards | |
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College Football Hall of Fame (1954) |
James Franklin Hitchcock Jr. (June 28, 1911 – June 24, 1959) was an American
All-American
in both football and baseball.
Early years
Jimmy Hitchcock was born on June 28, 1911, in Inverness, Alabama, to James Franklin Hitchcock, clerk of the circuit court in Bullock County, and Sallie Louise Davis.[1]
Auburn
Known as "The Phantom of
Union Springs", where he played in high school, Hitchcock earned three varsity football letters at Auburn from 1930 to 1932. As a triple-threat halfback, he led his team to the 1932 Southern Conference championship. Hitchcock was named a member of the 1932 Walter Camp College Football All-America Team[2] and was inducted into the National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.[3] He was a member of an All-time Auburn Tigers football team selected in 1935.[4] He was posthumously inducted into the Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame in 1966 and the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1969. He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1920-1969 era team.[5]
Baseball
Hitchcock was also a
Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park, is named in honor of Jimmy and his younger brother, Billy Hitchcock
, who played and managed in the majors.
Major League Baseball
He played
runs batted in
.
After college
Outside of sports, Hitchcock served in the United States Navy in World War II. He later parlayed his popularity in Alabama into a political position on the Alabama Public Service Commission, for which he served until his death in 1959.
References
- ^ a b "Jim Hitchcock".
- ^ "Walter Camp Teams Page". Archived from the original on 2007-05-20. Retrieved 2007-01-11.
- ^ Jimmy Hitchcock at the College Football Hall of Fame
- ^ "Tulane University Football Program-The Greenie; Auburn vs. Tulane". Archived from the original on 2014-12-23.
- ^ "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
- ^ "Jim Hitchcock Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Jimmy Hitchcock at SABR (Baseball BioProject)