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词条 John Shirey
释义

  1. Auburn University

     1922 

  2. Early years

  3. External links

  4. References

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| name = John Shirey
| nickname =
| image = johnshirey.jpg
| image_size = 175px
| school = Auburn Tigers
| alt =
| caption = Shirey in the Glomerata c. 1919
| currentposition = Running back, End
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|3|19}}
| birth_place = Texas
| death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=y|1966|10|19|1898|3|19}}
| death_place = Phenix City, Alabama
| currentnumber =
|class=Graduate
| pastschools = Auburn (1920–1922)
| highschool =
| height_ft =
| height_in =
| weight_lbs =
| highlights =
  • All-Southern (1922)

}}John Brett Shirey (March 19, 1898 – October 19, 1966)[1] was a college football player and engineer; once and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.[2]

Auburn University

Shirey was a prominent running back for the Auburn Tigers of Auburn University. Shirey played for coach Mike Donahue from 1918 to 1922. He was a member of an All-time Auburn Tigers football team selected in 1935,[3] as well as coach Donahue's all-time Auburn team.[4]

1922

He was captain-elect in 1922, The Glomerata, Auburn's yearbook, says Shirey's "greatest delight is to catch a forward pass and serenade down the field like lightning.[5] Walter Camp gave Shirey honorable mention on his All-America team.[6]

Early years

Shirey was born on March 19, 1898 in Texas to John Meredith Shirey and Loretta Hughes, and grew up in Guin, Alabama.

External links

  • {{findagrave|63103053}}

References

1. ^"Alabama Deaths and Burials, 1881–1952." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010.
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.auburn.edu/archive/find-aid/110.htm|title=Guide to the John B. Shirey Collection, RG 110}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16313coll13/id/211|title=Tulane University Football Program-The Greenie; Auburn vs. Tulane|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223103444/http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16313coll13/id/211|archivedate=2014-12-23|df=}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19330110&id=9LM-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=UkwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6571,378292|title = Mike Donahue Names All-Time Auburn Football Team|last = |first = |date = January 10, 1933|work = The Tuscaloosa News|accessdate = }}
5. ^The Glomerata 1920, p. 178
6. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1937349/camp_1922_all_america/|title=Camp's All America Stars Show Why They Are Winners; Have Brains, Power, Spirit|work=Harrisburg Telegraph|date=December 26, 1922|accessdate=March 8, 2015|via=Newspapers.com|page=15}} {{Open access}}
{{1922 College Football Composite All-Southerns}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Shirey, John}}{{Amfoot-bio-stub}}

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