Cary Cox
Born: | Bainbridge, Georgia | December 31, 1917
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Died: | December 27, 1991 Alexander City, Alabama | (aged 73)
Career information | |
Position(s) | Center |
College | University of Alabama |
Career history | |
As player | |
1937–1939 | Alabama |
Career highlights and awards | |
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William Cary Cox (December 31, 1917 – December 27, 1991), sometimes listed as William Carey Cox, was an American football player. Cox attended the University of Alabama where he played at the center position on the Alabama Crimson Tide football team. He was selected by Liberty magazine as a first-team player on the 1939 College Football All-America Team.[1] During World War II, Cox commanded an infantry battalion in the European Theater.[2] Cox later operated an automobile dealership in Alexander City, Alabama.[3] He was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1988.[4] He died in Alexander City in 1991.[3]
References[]
- ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1178. ISBN 1401337031.
- ^ "Carey Cox Commands Fighting Battalion". The Tuscaloosa News. October 9, 1944.
- ^ a b "William Cox". The Tuscaloosa News. December 29, 1991.
- ^ "20th class inducted into Alabama's Hall of Fame". Times Daily. February 22, 1988.
Categories:
- 1917 births
- 1991 deaths
- American football centers
- Alabama Crimson Tide football players
- People from Bainbridge, Georgia
- Players of American football from Alabama
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- United States Army officers