Ike Boland

Ike Boland

No. 18; 45; 43
Position	Center
Personal information
Born	c. 1908
Weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
College	Georgia (1927–1929)
Awards and highlights
National championship (1927) All-Southern (1927)

Joseph H. "Ike" Boland was a college football player.

University of Georgia

Boland was a prominent center for the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia from 1927 to 1929. An All-Time Georgia All-Star Team published in 1935 had Boland as the second team center behind Bum Day. ^[1]

1927

He played center for the 1927 "dream and wonder team" which defeated Yale at the Yale Bowl on October 8. ^{[2] [3]} He was selected All-Southern by Miss Emily Boyd, sports editor of the Griffin Daily News, the only woman sports editor in the south. ^[4]

1929

Boland was captain of the 1929 team. ^{[5] [6]} Georgia again defeated Yale, this time at home in Yale's first game played in the south. He was the first center to receive honorable mention on the Associated Press All-Southern team, placing behind Lloyd Roberts of Tulane and Julian Bealle of South Carolina of the first and second teams.

References

1. Trevor, George (1935). The Greenie - Georgia v. Tulane Game Program. p. 6.
2. "Erratic Elis Let Georgians Dash Through". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 9, 1927. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Patrick Garbin (2008). About Them Dawgs!: Georgia Football's Memorable Teams and Players. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. p. 38. ISBN   9780810860407 . Retrieved March 26, 2015– via Google books.
4. "Girl Sports Editor In South Picks Her All-Star Eleven" (PDF). Jamestown Evening Herald. December 3, 1927.
5. "Ten Bulldogs Wind Up Football Career". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. December 3, 1929. Retrieved March 26, 2015– via Google news.
6. "1929 Football Letterwinners". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.