Jim Senter

Jim Senter
Senter c. 1915
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Position End
Class Graduate
Career history
College Georgia Tech (1914–1916)
Personal information
Born: (1892-06-10)June 10, 1892
Clintwood, Virginia
Died: March, 1968
New Orleans, Louisiana
Weight 172 lb (78 kg)
Career highlights and awards

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

Georgia Tech

American 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

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

Cornell

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

References

  1. ↑ "Football Team".
  2. ↑ "Georgia Tech Honors" (PDF). Georgia Tech Athletic Association. 2007. 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. Heisman: The Man Behind the Trophy. p. 144.
  5. ↑ Tom Perrin (1987). Football: a college history. p. 90.
  6. ↑ "Tech-222, Cumberland-0".
  7. ↑ "Jim Senter Honor Man At Cornell". Technique. February 12, 1918. p. 4.


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