Tom McLure
| Auburn Tigers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Graduate |
| Major | Civil Engineering |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | 1889 Jacksonville, Alabama |
| Career history | |
| College | Auburn (1906–1908) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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John Thomas McLure (1889 – ?) was a college football and baseball player who served in the First World War.[1]
Auburn University
[edit]McClure was a prominent quarterback for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers of Auburn University.
1908
[edit]In 1908, a year in which he was captain,[2][3] he was selected All-Southern;[4][5] Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin describes his play: "McClure was not particularly fast, but a spirited leader, an excellent general and a sure tackler."[4] LSU won the SIAA championship, but amidst fears of many players being ineligible under SIAA rules most sportswriters did not include them for All-Southern selection.[4] LSU rival Tulane, which was also undefeated in conference play, accused many LSU players of professionalism.[6] Auburn is one team listed as an alternative southern champion, for LSU was its only loss.
World War I
[edit]McClure served in the First World War. He declared that going over the top in France beats charging into an opposing eleven.[7] Such an attitude did eventually get him wounded.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Guide to the John Thomas McLure Papers".
- ^ Elizabeth D. Schafer (2004). Auburn Football. Arcadia. p. 48. ISBN 9780738516691.
- ^ "Auburn's Greatest Victory In Many Years". November 11, 1908: 204.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b c Spalding's Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1909. p. 75.
- ^ "Contributions". The Kappa Alpha Journal. 24 (3): 293. 1907.
- ^ "From 'The LSU Football Vault': The 1908 Season". Archived from the original on 2015-07-14. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
- ^ "Going Over Top Is Better Than Football" (PDF). The Herald. February 21, 1918. p. 8.
- ^ "Letter from Penrose Vass Stout, stationed in France, to his mother, Zemmie Stout Lawton, in Hartsville, South Carolina".