Noble Atkins

Noble Atkins
Profile
Position	Center
Personal information
Born	Borger, Texas, U.S.
Career information
College	TCU (1929–1930)
Awards and highlights
	Third-team All-American (1930); 2× First-team All-SWC (1929, 1930); All-Southern (1929);

Last updated November 08, 2025

Noble Atkins was a college football and basketball player. He was a prominent center for the TCU Horned Frogs football team of Texas Christian.^[1] Atkins was selected All-Southern in 1929 by football fans of the south through Central Press newspapers.^[2] He weighed some 215 pounds during the football season, and managed 187 while playing basketball. He weighed around 200 when he played baseball.^[3] He signed with the Green Bay Packers in 1933.^[4]

References

↑ "2013 TCU Football Fact Book".
↑ "Southern Team". The Morning Herald. December 10, 1929. p. 11. Retrieved March 10, 2015– via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Athlete's Weight Varies". The Spokesman-Review. July 8, 1929.
↑ "The 1933 Green Bay Packers (5-7-1)". www.packershistory.net. Archived from the original on July 15, 2013.

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[1] "2013 TCU Football Fact Book".

[2] "Southern Team". The Morning Herald. December 10, 1929. p. 11. Retrieved March 10, 2015– via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Athlete's Weight Varies". The Spokesman-Review. July 8, 1929.

[4] "The 1933 Green Bay Packers (5-7-1)". www.packershistory.net. Archived from the original on July 15, 2013.

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