Bob Foxx
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| Tennessee Volunteers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Halfback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 15, 1917 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | June 22, 1975 (aged 57) |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Tennessee (1938–1940) |
| Awards and highlights | |
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| Coaching profile at Pro Football ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Stats at Pro Football ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
Robert Morgan Foxx (September 15, 1917 – June 22, 1975) was an American football player. He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers football team from 1938 to 1940 and was selected by the International News Service as a second-team player on the 1940 College Football All-America Team.[1] In a poll of Knoxville Journal readers, Foxx was voted Knoxville's greatest athlete of the first half of the 20th century.[2]
Foxx was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1968.[3] He played minor league baseball in 1941.[4] He also was hired as an assistant football coach at Tennessee in 1941.[5][6]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Bob Foxx at Find a GraveLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Biography at Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame
Categories:
- 1917 births
- 1975 deaths
- American football halfbacks
- Baseball outfielders
- Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football players
- Clinton Giants players
- Jersey City Giants players
- Tennessee Volunteers football coaches
- Tennessee Volunteers football players
- Players of American football from Tennessee
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football running back, 1910s birth stubs