Mack Tharpe
American football player
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| Intro | American football player | |||
| Places | United States of America | |||
| was | Sports coach Aviator Pilot Aircraft pilot Military personnel American football player | |||
| Work field | Military Sports | |||
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| Birth | 12 July 1903, Georgia, USA | |||
| Death | 21 February 1945 (aged 41 years) | |||
| Star sign | Cancer | |||
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Biography
Mercer McCall "Mack" Tharpe (July 12, 1903 – February 21, 1945) was a college football player and coach, bomber pilot, and insurance salesman. He was killed in action during the Second World War.
Georgia Tech
Tharpe was a prominent tackle for William Alexander's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, selected All-Southern in 1926.
He returned to his alma mater to coach in 1928, promoted to line coach in 1934. In 1931, he sought a scouting report on North Carolina, and Robert Neyland had Bobby Dodd explain the defense to him.
Along with Alexander he is the namesake of the Alexander-Tharpe fund. Tharpe was inducted into the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1961.