Pat Patterson (American football)

Harman Wayne "Pat" Patterson (May 1, 1889 – March 31, 1987) was a college football player and engineer.

Not to be confused with Pat Patterson (coach).
Pat Patterson
Patterson cropped from 1910 team photo
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
PositionTackle/Fullback
Class1912
Career history
CollegeGeorgia Tech (1909–1911)
Personal information
Born:(1889-05-01)May 1, 1889
San Francisco, California
Died:March 31, 1987(1987-03-31) (aged 97)
Columbus, Georgia
Career highlights and awards

Early years

Harman Wayne Patterson, known as Wayne or "Pat", was born on May 1, 1889, in San Francisco, California. His father, Colonel Robert Harman Patterson, was an army officer and the family moved often.[1]

Georgia Tech

Patterson was a prominent tackle and fullback on John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football teams. He also kicked the extra points.[2] Patterson also played baseball at Tech.[1] He was inducted into the Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1977.[3]

1910

Patterson was selected All-Southern as a football player in 1910.[4]

1911

He was captain of its 1911 team which included the later coach William Alexander as a reserve quarterback.[5] He was selected All-Southern by Dick Jemison in the Atlanta Constitution.[6]

After college

Following graduation from Tech in 1912, Patterson worked for Stone and Webster, the firm building the Goat Rock Dam in Columbus, Georgia.[1] He was a veteran of the First World War.[1] In 1942, he became vice president and treasurer of the newly organized Home Builders Cooperative.[7] Patterson retired as an electrical engineer for Georgia Power Company.[1]

References
  1. "H. Wayne Patterson Photographs".
  2. Patrick Garbin (May 4, 2010). "1910: The Greatest Game Ever". Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  3. "Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  4. "All S. I. A. A. Team". Times-Picayune. December 8, 1910.
  5. "Year-by-year records" (PDF). p. 311.
    - "Georgia Tech Football Team of 1911". Archived from the original on August 11, 2016.
    - "Early Georgia Tech Football" (PDF). College Football Historical Society. 14 (1). November 2000.
  6. Dick Jemison (November 21, 1911). "By Way of the Pigskin". Atlanta Constitution. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Alumni Prominently Mentioned". The Georgia Tech Alumnus. Georgia Tech Alumni Association. 25 (1): 20. September–October 1946.
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