Dave Collings
| File:Dave Collings.png Collings, c. 1922 | |
| No. 5 – Georgia Bulldogs | |
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| Position | Halfback / Punter |
| Personal information | |
| Born | November 4, 1901 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | December 8, 1982 (aged 81) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Boys High School (Atlanta) |
| College | Georgia (1919–1922) |
| 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). | |
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David Ayres Collings Jr.[a] (November 4, 1901 – December 8, 1982) was an American college football player. He played four seasons with the Georgia Bulldogs, 1919–1922.[1]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Collings was born in Atlanta in 1901.[2] He attended Boys High School there,[3] and played on the football team.[4]
Collings was a four-year letterman, 1919–1922, for the Georgia Bulldogs.[5] He was primarily a halfback and punter, and was part of the team's "ten second backfield"[b] in 1920. He made a 40-yard drop kick against South Carolina that season,[7] and in the 7–0 defeat of Furman, a punting duel between Collings and Milton McManaway featured throughout.[8] In 1922, Collings started the game against Vanderbilt at quarterback.[9] In recounting his senior season, Georgia's yearbook listed him as an end and quarterback,[10]: 301 and noted that he "rounded out his four years as a varsity back in a bright red cloak of glory."[10]: 309 He was a member of Chi Phi fraternity.[10]: 163
In 1924, sportswriter Morgan Blake included Collings as one of the two halfbacks in his selection of the greatest football players from Atlanta.[11]
As of November 1933, Collings was a district manager for The Coca-Cola Company,[12] and he was still employed by the company as of February 1942.[2] He apparently spent several years in the late 1930s living in Dallas.[13] Collings died in December 1982.[14]
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