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Claire Frye

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Claire Frye
Frye cropped from team picture, 1922
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
PositionCenter
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1899-05-10)May 10, 1899
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US
Died:October 16, 1971(1971-10-16) (aged 72)
Fairfax, Virginia, US
Weight160 lb (73 kg)
Career history
CollegeGeorgia Tech (1920–1923)
Career highlights and awards

Claire Alanson Frye (May 10, 1899 – October 16, 1971) was a college football player.

College football

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Frye played football for many years. In 1917 and 1918 he was All A. E. F. center in France. He scrubbed at Tech a year and won letters in 1921, 1922, and 1923.[1] Frye was selected All-Southern in 1922 and 1923. In 1922 he received more votes at the center position than the likes of Clyde Propst and Ed Kubale.[2]

He and two other men were once accused of severely assaulting a man, then forcing him to kneel in apology before a well-known society girl for an alleged insult.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics".
  2. ^ "Georgia Tech Has Four on All-Southern Team". Richmond Times Dispatch. December 10, 1922 – via Chronicling America.
  3. ^ "Forced Apology To Girl and Beat Him, Youth Says". Chicago Tribune. February 27, 1923 – via Newspapers.com.