Frank Godchaux

Frank Godchaux, Jr.

Godchaux c. 1921
Vanderbilt Commodores
Position Halfback
Class Graduate
Career history
College Vanderbilt (1919–1921)
High school Woodberry Forest School
Personal information
Date of birth December 27, 1901
Place of birth Abbeville, Louisiana
Date of death November 4, 1978 (aged 76)
Place of death Riverside, California
Weight 153 lb (69 kg)
Career highlights and awards
  • SIAA championship (1921)
  • SIAA championship (baseball) (1921)

Frank Area Godchaux, Jr. (December 27, 1901 – November 4, 1978) was an American football and baseball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University.

Early years

Frank Area Godchaux, Jr. was born on December 27, 1901 in Abbeville, Louisiana to Frank Godchaux, Sr. His father was a letterman and quarterback for the Commodores on the 1899 team, transferring from LSU in 1897,[1][2] and once President of the Louisiana Rice Milling Company, a $10,000,000 corporation.

Vanderbilt University

Godchaux Hall at Vanderbilt University was named for his wife, Mary Ragland Godchaux.[3] A Gothic building constructed in 1925 as a home for the School of Nursing, it now houses faculty and administrative offices, the Center for Nursing Research , and the Helene Fuld Multimedia Center. It was named for Mary Ragland in 1971.

1921

He was a member of the 1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) champion football and baseball teams.

Football

Godchaux was a prominent running back for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams. On the '21 football team Godchaux was its second leading scorer behind Rupert Smith. Godchaux was the first son to follow in his father's footsteps as a Vanderbilt football player.[4]

Baseball

On the baseball team, Frank Jr. was a catcher.

See also

References

  1. ↑ cf. Kathy Rivers. "Godchaux Family".
  2. ↑ "Vanderbilt–A University of the New South". Outing 64: 320–331. 1914.
  3. ↑ Wayne Wood. "Godchaux Remembers".
  4. ↑ Couch, Ernie (2001). SEC Football Trivia. Thomas Nelson Inc.