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Edgar George David was a college football player. [1]

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David was a prominent baseball, basketball and football player for the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels of Oglethorpe University. He was captain of the football team in 1922, [2] a year in which he was selected All-Southern. [3] He was inducted into the Oglethorpe Athletic Hall of Fame. [4] The Yamacraw, the school's yearbook, remarked his coach said "that no finer leader ever graced a southern gridiron than Ed David."

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References

  1. http://www.beardenfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/1348588/Lt-Col-Edgar-David-Jr-USArmy-Retired/obituary.php?Printable=true
  2. "Ten Battles For Oglethorpe Ed David '22 Grid Captain". The Atlanta Constitution. December 18, 1921. p. 3. Retrieved October 8, 2015 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. Cliff Wheatley (December 10, 1922). "Al Staton, Davis, Whelchel Frye, Roberts, Covington, Bennett, Fletcher Picked". Atlanta Constitution. p. 3. Retrieved March 16, 2015 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. "Oglethorpe".