Red Barron

This article is about the American football and baseball player known as Red Barron. For the World War I fighter ace, see Red Baron.
Red Barron

Barron running behind Judy Harlan.
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Position Halfback
Class Graduate
Career history
College
Personal information
Date of birth June 21, 1900
Place of birth Clarkesville, Georgia
Date of death October 4, 1982 (aged 82)
Place of death Atlanta, Georgia
Career highlights and awards
Red Barron
Left fielder
Born: June 21, 1900
Clarkesville, Georgia
Died: October 4, 1982 (aged 82)
Atlanta, Georgia
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 10, 1929 for the Boston Braves
Last MLB appearance
July 7, 1929 for the Boston Braves
Career statistics
Batting average .190
Home runs 0
Runs batted in 1
Teams

David Irenus "Red" Barron (June 21, 1900 – October 4, 1982) was a three-sport letterwinner at the Georgia Institute of Technology.[1] In football, he was named All American twice, All-Southern four times, and was an inductee to Tech's Hall of Fame and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.[2][3] He was also twice an All-Southern baseball player. He played baseball professionally with the Boston Braves in 1929.[1] He later became a high school football coach for Dacula High School.[3] He also coached high school ball at Monroe, Rabun County, and Clayton high schools. Barron played with a group of all-star collegians representing Coral Gables against Red Grange's traveling Chicago Bears.[4] NFL league president Joseph Carr chose Barron for his All-star team of 1925.[5]

Former Tech fullback Sam Murray, who played as a substitute for Doug Wycoff, was asked about a certain strong runner in the 1930s, "He's good. But if I were playing again, I would have one wish – never to see bearing down upon me a more fearsome picture of power than Judy Harlan blocking for Red Barron."[6]

During the Cocking affair, Eugene Talmadge attempted to place Barron in a new position as vice president of his alma mater, Georgia Tech; the move was widely criticized by Georgia Tech alumni, and Barron subsequently declined to accept the position.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Red Barron". beesball.com. Archived from the original on 2006-03-18. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
  2. ↑ "Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame". RamblinWreck.com. Georgia Tech Athletic Association. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Who's Who of Georgia High School Football (Pre-1948)". Georgia High School. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
  4. ↑ "Red Barron Will Return To Grid". The Spartanburg Herald. December 4, 1925. Retrieved March 22, 2015 – via Google news.
  5. ↑ Chris Willis (2010-08-19). The Man Who Built the National Football League: Joe F. Carr. p. 217. ISBN 9780810876705.
  6. ↑ "The Cast of Characters". Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine 51 (4): 18. 1973.
  7. ↑ John Dunn and Gary Goettling. Ramblin' Wrecks from Georgia Tech: A Centennial History of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Georgia Tech Alumni Association. ISBN 978-0-615-16888-3.

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