Johnny Marshall

Johnny Marshall
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Position End
Class Graduate
Career history
College Georgia Tech (19251926)
Personal information
Born: (1904-06-14)June 14, 1904
Jacksonville, Florida
Died: November 7, 1977(1977-11-07) (aged 73)
Boston, Massachusetts
Career highlights and awards

John Houston "Johnny" Marshall (June 14, 1904 November 7, 1977)[1] was a college football player.

Georgia Tech

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

Marshall was from Jacksonville, and owned the John Marshall Insurance Agency there.

See also

References

  1. State of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003. Boston, MA, USA
  2. "Alabama Places 4 Men On Newspaper All-Southern Team". The Kingsport Times. November 28, 1926.
  3. Morgan Blake. "A Review of the 1925 Georgia Tech Football Season".
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