J. R. Davis

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John Ryland "Twenty Percent" Davis (June 12, 1882 – August 16, 1947) was an American college football player. Davis was known as "Twenty percent" because he was considered twenty percent of the team's worth.[1]

Georgia Tech

Davis was a tackle and halfback for John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was inducted into the Tech Athletic Hall of Fame in 1958.[2][3] The large Davis carried the bass drum on his back in a parade through Griffin, Georgia for the Georgia Tech Glee Club.[4] In 1915, John Heisman selected his 30 greatest Southern football players, and mentioned Davis 20th.[5]

1908

Davis was selected All-Southern in 1908.[6]Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin wrote, "He has one glaring fault—a tendency to tackle around the eyebrows. Otherwise he is a splendid foot ball man. He weighs two hundred pounds, is never hurt, never fumbles, bucks a line hard and furnishes excellent interference. He was the strength and stay of Tech."[6]

1909

He was captain of the 1909 team.

References

  1. ↑Triumph Books (September 2006). Echoes of Georgia Football: The Greatest Stories Ever Told. Triumph Books. p. 35. ISBN 9781617490484.
  2. ↑"Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  3. ↑"Tech Hall of Fame"(PDF). p. 253. Archived from the original(PDF) on December 23, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  4. ↑"The Glue Club".
  5. ↑Heisman, J. W. (February 24, 1915). "Dixie's Football Hall of Fame". Atlanta Georgian.
  6. 12Spalding's Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1909. p. 75.