Cotton Warburton

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Irvine "Cotton" Warburton (born October 8, 1911 in San Diego and died April 21, 1982 in Culver City, CA) was an All-America University of Southern California quarterback in 1933.

[edit] College Career

The San Diego native brought speed to the USC Trojans after winning the California high school quarter-mile in 1930.

[edit] Hollywood Career

Cotton became a successful Hollywood film editor and won an Oscar for his work on the box office hit Mary Poppins. Cotton was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975; Hall of Fame guard Aaron Rosenberg also made it big in the movies as a director and producer.

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