George L. Watkins

George LeGrande Watkins (June 8, 1886 – March 14, 1962) was a college football player and coach who was once mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 1959 Watkins was made chairman of the Tulsa County Excise Board by the Oklahoma Tax Commission.[1]

George L. Watkins
18th Mayor of Tulsa
In office
1930–1932
Preceded byDan W. Patton
Succeeded byHerman Frederick Newblock
Personal details
Born(1886-06-08)June 8, 1886
Faunsdale, Alabama
DiedMarch 14, 1962(1962-03-14) (aged 75)
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Political partyDemocratic
Coaching career
Playing career
Football
1904–1906Sewanee
Position(s)Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1907Louisiana Tech
1914Sewanee (assistant)
Baseball
1908Louisiana Tech

Sewanee

Watkins was a prominent center for the Sewanee Tigers football teams of Sewanee: The University of the South, a small Episcopal school in the mountains of Tennessee. He thrice made All-Southern.[2] Watkins was unanimously selected captain of the 1906 team.[3][4] He is the second-team center on Sewanee's all-time team, behind Frank Juhan.[5] At Sewanee he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.[4]

Louisiana Tech

Watkins would later go on to serve as an athletic coach at Louisiana Tech University (then known as Louisiana Industrial Institute).[6]

Head coaching record

Football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (Independent) (1907)
1907 Louisiana Tech 9–1
Louisiana Tech: 9–1
Total:9–1

References
  1. "About Sewanee Alumni". Sewanee News: 8. 1959.
  2. W. R. Tichenor (December 3, 1905). "Football Experts Give Their Selections For An All-Southern Team". The Atlanta Constitution.
  3. "Lettermen". Sewanee Alumni News: 14. 1949.
  4. Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. "Athletics". Annual Circular Letters of the ... Active Chapters of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. 20: 336.
  5. "Sewanee's All-Time Football Team". Sewanee Alumni News. February 1949.
  6. Vol 1908: Lagniappe. Louisiana Tech University. 1908. Retrieved February 9, 2018.


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