Johnny Marshall
 Marshall in 1925 | |
| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | |
|---|---|
| Position | End |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | June 18, 1904 Jacksonville, Florida |
| Died: | November 7, 1977 (aged 73) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Career history | |
| College | Georgia Tech (1925–1926) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
John Houston Marshall (June 18, 1904 – November 7, 1977)[1] was a college football player and entrepreneur, with various business interests, including trucking and insurance.
Georgia Tech[edit]
Johnny Marshall was a prominent end for William Alexander's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football teams. He was selected All-Southern in 1926.[2] The yearbook in 1925 remarked '"Johnnie" could have made "All-American" had he caught that pass in the Alabama game."[3]
Personal life[edit]
Marshall was from Jacksonville, where he returned after graduation from Georgia Tech, founding the John Marshall Agency Inc.[4]
He married Catherine M. Beckham. She was the daughter of Charlotte W. Mahone, the first woman to serve as dean of students at Florida State College for Women;[5] and Brigadier General Robert H. Beckham, a former Adjutant General of Texas who served in the Spanish American War.[6]
His only child, Carlotta Marshall, worked as a photographer in New York where she formed a close friendship with Diane Arbus.[a]
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References[edit]
- ^ State of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003. Boston, MA, USA
- ^ "Alabama Places 4 Men On Newspaper All-Southern Team". The Kingsport Times. November 28, 1926.
- ^ Morgan Blake. "A Review of the 1925 Georgia Tech Football Season".
- ^ "Agency Companies".
- ^ "Diginole: FSU's Digital Repository | DigiNole".
- ^ "TSHA | Beckham, Robert H".
- ^ Lubow, Arthur (September 14, 2003). "Arbus Reconsidered". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
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