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Scott Suber

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Scott Suber
Personal information
Born:(1934-09-26)September 26, 1934
Calhoun County, Mississippi, U.S.
Died:March 31, 2015(2015-03-31) (aged 80)
Calhoun County, Mississippi, U.S.
Career information
College:Mississippi State
Position:Guard
Career highlights and awards

Billie Scott Suber (September 26, 1934 – March 31, 2015) was an American football player. Suber was born and raised in Calhoun County, Mississippi (first in Derma and then in Calhoun City),[1] where his father worked in a saw mill.[2] He attended Mississippi State University and played college football at the guard position for the Mississippi State Bulldogs football team under head coach Darrell Royal. Suber was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a first-team player on its 1955 College Football All-America Team.[3] After leaving Mississippi State, he served in the military and later had a career with what became Renesant Bank in Tupelo, Mississippi.[1] He was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.[4] Suber died in Calhoun City on March 31, 2015, at the age of 80.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Joel McNeece (October 1, 2008). "For Love Of The Game". The Calhoun County Journal.
  2. ^ 1940 U.S. Census entry for Billy Scott Suber, age 5, born in Mississippi. Father Scott Suber listed as a lumberman in a saw mill. Year: 1940; Census Place: Calhoun, Mississippi; Roll: T627_2011; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 7-16. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line].
  3. ^ "Miss. State's Scott Suber NEA All-America". Times Daily. November 18, 1955. pp. 2–5.
  4. ^ "Billie Scott Suber". Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  5. ^ "Scott Suber". Legacy. Retrieved October 15, 2024.