Jim Senter

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Jim Senter
Senter, c. 1915
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
PositionEnd
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1892-06-10)June 10, 1892
Clintwood, Virginia, U.S.
Died:March 1968
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Weight172 lb (78 kg)
Career history
CollegeGeorgia Tech (1914–1916)
Career highlights and awards

James Corbett Senter (June 10, 1892 March 1968) was an American college football player.

Georgia Tech[edit]

Football[edit]

Senter was a prominent end for John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology.[1] he was selected for Tech's All-Era team of the Heisman era.[2] He was selected All-Southern in 1914 and 1915.[3]

Senter was a starter for the 1916 Georgia Tech team which, as one writer wrote, "seemed to personify Heisman".[4] Senter played and scored in the 222–0 defeat of Cumberland University.[5][6]

Baseball[edit]

Senter also pitched on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball team.

Cornell[edit]

In 1918, Senter completed his ground school training in the school of aeronautics at Cornell University.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Football Team".
  2. ^ "Georgia Tech Honors" (PDF). Georgia Tech Athletic Association. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 8, 2018. Retrieved September 30, 2007.
  3. ^ e. g. Dick Jemison (November 30, 1915). "Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution.
  4. ^ Heisman, John M. (2 October 2012). Heisman: The Man Behind the Trophy. p. 144. ISBN 9781451682915.
  5. ^ Tom Perrin (1987). Football: a college history. p. 90. ISBN 9780899502946.
  6. ^ "Tech-222, Cumberland-0".
  7. ^ "Jim Senter Honor Man At Cornell". Technique. February 12, 1918. p. 4.