Stumpy Banks
American-football player
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| Intro | American-football player | |||
| Places | United States of America | |||
| was | American football player | |||
| Work field | Sports | |||
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| Birth | 11 July 1898, Orangeburg County, South Carolina, USA | |||
| Death | 15 November 1960 (aged 62 years) | |||
| Star sign | Cancer | |||
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Bertie Cecil "Stumpy" Banks (July 11, 1898 – November 15, 1960) was an American college football player and athletic director. He was a prominent running back, receiving five varsity letters for the Clemson Tigers. He scored five touchdowns against Furman in 1917 for a school record. He caught two touchdowns against rival South Carolina in 1916. Banks was captain of both the 1918 and 1919 teams. He was selected All-Southern by John Heisman. After college, he was athletic director at Claflin University.