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John Eayres Davis (August 4, 1891 – January 2, 1961) was a college football player and a notable architect in Birmingham, Alabama.[1]

John E. Davis
Davis c. 1911
Born(1891-08-04)August 4, 1891
Oak Grove, Alabama
DiedJanuary 2, 1961(1961-01-02) (aged 69)
Birmingham, Alabama
Occupationarchitect
College football career
Auburn Tigers
PositionFullback
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Weight168 lb (76 kg)
Career history
CollegeAuburn (1907–1911)
Career highlights and awards
  • SIAA championship (1910)
  • All-Southern (1911)

Auburn University


Davis was a prominent fullback for the Auburn Tigers of Auburn University from 1907 to 1911.[2]


1910


Davis was captain in 1910. Auburn was co-champion of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA).


1911


He was selected All-Southern in 1911.[3]


Architect


Davis was an architect of the firm of Warren, Knight & Davis in Birmingham.[4][5] He had previously worked in Detroit.[6]


References


  1. Who's who in American Sports. 1928. p. 196. Retrieved March 15, 2015 – via archive.org.
  2. "All-Time Lettermen" (PDF). p. 191.
  3. "All-Southern Elevens Picked By Bill Streit". The State. Columbia, South Carolina. December 3, 1911.
  4. Marter, Joan M. (2011). The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art. Vol. 1. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-19-533579-8. Retrieved March 15, 2015 – via Google books.
  5. John M. Schnorrenberg (1999). Remembered Past Discovered Future - The Alabama Architecture of Warren Knight & Davis, 1906-1961.
  6. "Personals". American Architect and Architecture. 121: 574. 1922. Retrieved March 15, 2015 – via Google books.


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