Sandy Beaver

Sandy Beaver
Georgia Bulldogs
Position Guard
Class Graduate
Career history
College Georgia (1902)
Personal information
Date of birth October 5, 1883
Place of birth Augusta, Georgia, USA
Date of death December 7, 1969 (aged 86)
Place of death Gainesville, Georgia
Career highlights and awards

Sandy Beaver (October 5, 1883 – December 7, 1969) was a college football and baseball player, high school football coach, and educator. He was owner and director of Riverside Military Academy near Gainesville, Georgia.[1] In 1932 he served as member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

University of Georgia

Beaver was a prominent guard for the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia.

1902

He was selected All-Southern in 1902.[2] Sandy played next to All-Southern center Harold Ketron.

Riverside Military Academy

He was one time head of Riverside Military Academy.[3] He held the position at Riverside for over half a century, from 1913 to 1969.[4] At Riverside he was now known as 'Colonel' instead of Professor. Governor Eugene Talmadge appointed Beaver a brigadier general in the Georgia State Militia. He was thus often known as "General Sandy Beaver".[5] He is a member of the school's sports Hall of Fame.[6]

During his coaching career Beaver coached Riverside, University School For Boys (Stone Mountain), and Donald Fraser.[7][8] At the University School his quarterback was Kid Woodruff.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Reed, Thomas Walter (c. 1949). "Athletics at the University from the Beginning Through 1947". History of the University of Georgia. dlg.galileo.usg.edu. p. 3467. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
  2. ↑ selected by W. R. Tichenor, posted in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football
  3. ↑ F. N. Boney. A Pictorial History of the University of Georgia. p. 172.
  4. ↑ William L. Norton. Historic Gainesville & Halls County: An Illustrated History. p. 106.
  5. ↑ Joe L. Morgan. "A look back: How Sandy Beaver built Riverside Academy". Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  6. ↑ "RMA Sports Hall of Fame". Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Beaver, Sandy". Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  8. ↑ "MANY CHANGES IN PREP TEAMS". The Atlanta Constitution. August 31, 1905. p. 2.
  9. ↑ "Stone Mountain Wins Prep Game". Atlanta Constitution. November 30, 1906. p. 10. Retrieved March 29, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

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