Albert Hill (American football)

Albert Hill
Hill in 1917
"Buster"
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Position Quarterback
Class 1917
Career history
College
High school Washington
Personal information
Born: (1896-08-12)August 12, 1896
Washington, Georgia
Died: October 13, 1969(1969-10-13) (aged 73)
Atlanta, Georgia
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight 164 lb (74 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Albert Barnett "Buster" Hill (August 12, 1896 – October 13, 1969)[1] was a college football player.

Early years

Albert Barnett Hill was born on August 12, 1896, in Washington, Georgia, to William Meriwether Hill and Susan Montgomery Stokes. He attended Washington High.[2]

Georgia Tech

Hill entered the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1913. He was a prominent player for John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football teams. Hill was elected to the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1966.[3]

1917

Hill was the quarterback for Georgia Tech's first national championship team in 1917, which outscored opponents 491 to 17. That year, he received the most carries while leading one of the greatest ever backfields alongside Everett Strupper, Joe Guyon, and Judy Harlan.[4][5][6] Hill led the nation in touchdowns. Sometimes simply referred to as the "diminutive quarterback,"[7] Hill was selected as a second-team All-American at the end of the 1917 season by Jack Veiock, sports editor of the International News Service (INS).[8] Heisman considered the 1917 team the best one he ever coached,[9] and for many years the team was considered the greatest football team the South ever produced.[10]

References

  1. ↑ The Hills of Wilkes County, Georgia and allied families. p. 122.
  2. ↑ https://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/handle/1853/14413/1919compressed.pdf.txt?sequence=24
  3. ↑ "Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  4. ↑ "Georgia Tech's 1917 backfield, better than the Four Horsemen Part 2" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
  5. ↑ Adam Van Brimmer. Stadium Stories: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. p. 7.
  6. ↑ "Everett Strupper, Tech Immortal, Passes Suddenly". Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine. 28 (4). 1950.
  7. ↑ O. B. Keeler. Golf In North Carolina.
  8. ↑ Jack Veiock (1917-12-11). "Veiock's All-American Elevens for 1917 Season". Logansport Pharos-Reporter.
  9. ↑ Adam Van Brimmer (2011). 100 Things Yellow Jackets Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die.
  10. ↑ Wiley Lee Umphlett (1992). Creating The Big Game. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 141. ISBN 0313284040.
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