Whitey Rawl
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1904-12-09)December 9, 1904 Lexington County, South Carolina |
Died | August 12, 1980(1980-08-12) (aged 75) Orangeburg County, South Carolina |
Playing career | |
1925–1927 | Furman |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1932–1933 | South Carolina (assistant) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
SIAA (as player, 1927) | |
Awards | |
Furman Athletics Hall of Fame | |
Fred Brooker "Whitey" Rawl (December 9, 1904 – August 12, 1980) was a college football player and coach. He also played basketball, baseball and track. He was a prominent quarterback for coach Billy Laval's Furman Purple Hurricane of Furman University,[1] called the "siege gun" of the Furman backfield;[2] leading Furman to a 23–5–1 record over his tenure. The 1927 team won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association and was the only team to defeat NC State.[3] In a defeat over The Citadel, Rawl ran 56 yards for the game's only touchdown.[4] He also starred in a victory over Mercer.[5] Rawl was later a backfield coach under Laval for the South Carolina Gamecocks.[6]
Rawl told The Columbia Record in 1961 that opponents thought "Laval was either cheating or crazy... Nobody ever seemed to figure out which, but we beat 'em."[7] Rawl was inducted into the Furman Athletics Hall of Fame in 1982.[8]
References
- ^ "Writer Recalls Golden Moments". The Sumter Daily Item. September 1, 1966.
- ^ "Furman Trims Miami Eleven". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. January 3, 1928.
- ^ "Backfield Quartet Purple Hurricane Furman University". The Index-Journal. October 30, 1927. p. 6. Retrieved September 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Fuzzy Woodruff (1928). A History of Southern Football, 1890-1928. p. 186.
- ^ Robert E. Wilder (2011). Gridiron Glory Days: Football at Mercer, 1892-1942. ISBN 9780881462678.
- ^ "The Gamecock - University of South Carolina". sc-newspapers.sc.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
- ^ Morris: Laval knew how to win, no matter the sport, The State, November 15, 2009.
- ^ "Furman". Archived from the original on 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
External links
- Whitey Rawl at Find a Grave
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