Ham Dowling
 Dowling at Florida | |
| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | |
|---|---|
| Position | Tackle/Guard |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | November 12, 1895 Savannah, Georgia |
| Died: | January 28, 1986 (aged 90) Tallahassee, Florida |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | Florida (1915) Georgia Tech (1917–1919) |
| High school | Duval |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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James Hamilton "Ham" Dowling (November 12, 1895 – January 28, 1986) was a college football player and once chief engineer of the Florida State Highway Commission.
University of Florida[]
Dowling played for the Florida Gators of the University of Florida in 1915.[1]
Georgia Tech[]
He then transferred to the Georgia Institute of Technology and played for John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado.[2] He was a member of the ANAK Society and Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
1917[]
Dowling was a member of Georgia Tech's first national championship team in 1917, which outscored opponents 491 to 17.
Florida State Highway Commission[]
He was once appointed chief engineer of the Florida State Highway Commission in 1933, and served in that capacity until 1946.[3] He was again chief engineer in 1954.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Golden Tornado's Coach Is An Old Hand at Football". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 2, 1917.
- ^ McEwen 1974, p. 60
- ^ "Alumni Mention". Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine. 12 (3). 1934.
- ^ "News Of The Alumni". 32 (5). 1954. Cite journal requires
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Bibliography[]
- McEwen, Tom (1974). The Gators: A Story of Florida Football. Huntsville, Alabama: The Strode Publishers. ISBN 0-87397-025-X.
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