peoplepill id: mack-tharpe
MT
4 views today
4 views this week
The basics
Quick Facts
Intro
American football player
Places
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Georgia, USA
Star sign
CancerAge
41 years
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
Sports Teams
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
The details (from wikipedia)
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.
The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article.
The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Image Gallery
Lists
Mack Tharpe is in following lists
By field of work
By work and/or country
Notable American Sports coaches
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1900 to 1929
Notable American Aviators
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1900 to 1929
Notable American Pilots
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1900 to 1929
Notable American Aircraft pilots
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1900 to 1929
Notable American Military personnels
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1900 to 1929
Notable American American football players
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1900 to 1929
comments so far.
Comments
Credits
References and sources
Mack Tharpe