| 词条 | Mack Tharpe |
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| name = Mack Tharpe | image = | alt = | caption = | sport = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|7|12}} | birth_place = Georgia, USA | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=y|1945|2|21|1903|7|12}} | death_place = At sea, near Iwo Jima | alma_mater = Georgia Institute of Technology | player_years1 = 1925–1926 | player_team1 = Georgia Tech | player_positions = T | coach_years1 = 1928-1941 | coach_team1 = Georgia Tech (assistant) | overall_record = | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = All-Southern (1926) Tech Athletic Hall of Fame | coaching_records = }}Mercer McCall "Mack" Tharpe (July 12, 1903 – February 21, 1945) was a college football player and coach, bomber pilot, and insurance salesman.[1] He was killed in action during the Second World War.[2][3] Georgia TechTharpe was a prominent tackle for William Alexander's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, selected All-Southern in 1926.[4] He returned to his alma mater to coach in 1928, promoted to line coach in 1934.[1] In 1931, he sought a scouting report on North Carolina, and Robert Neyland had Bobby Dodd explain the defense to him.[5] Along with Alexander he is the namesake of the Alexander-Tharpe fund.[6] Tharpe was inducted into the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1961.[7] References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/12428|title=Bobby Dodd and Mack Tharpe}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=047-2|title=Tharpe, Mercer McCall}} 3. ^http://georgiatech.blog.ajc.com/2015/05/25/remembering-mack-tharpe-a-fallen-tech-war-hero/ 4. ^{{cite news|title=Alabama Places 4 Men On Newspaper All-Southern Team|newspaper=The Kingsport Times|date=November 28, 1926}} 5. ^https://books.google.com/books?id=tfMjFXHLfZwC&pg=PT23 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ramblinwreck.com/atfund/|title=Alexander-Tharpe Fund}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ramblinwreck.com/extras/local/halloffame.html|title=Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame}} External links
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