Jim Senter
Birth dateJune 10, 1892
Birth placeClintwood, Virginia, U.S.
Death dateMarch 1968
Death placeNew Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Weight lb172
PastschoolsGeorgia Tech (1914–1916)
CurrentpositionEnd
Highlights

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

Georgia Tech

Football

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

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

Cornell

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

References

  1. ^ "Football Team"
  2. ^ "Georgia Tech Honors". Georgia Tech Athletic Association. 2007. Archived from the original 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. Simon and Schuster. p. 144. ISBN 9781451682915.
  5. ^ Tom Perrin (1987). Football: a college history. McFarland. p. 90. ISBN 9780899502946.
  6. ^ "Tech-222, Cumberland-0"
  7. ^ "Jim Senter Honor Man At Cornell". Technique. February 12, 1918. p. 4.