Glenn Lautzenhiser
| Georgia Bulldogs – No. 1 | |
|---|---|
| Position | Tackle |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 7, 1906 Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died: | February 23, 2003 (aged 96) Columbus, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Career history | |
| College | Georgia (1926–1928) |
| High school | Technical |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Glenn B. Lautzenhiser (March 7, 1906 – February 23, 2003) was a college football player.
Early years[edit]
Glenn was born on March 7, 1906, in Akron Ohio to Willis Lautzenhiser and Louisa Bruse.[1][2] He attended old Tech High School in Atlanta, Georgia.[3]
College[edit]
Lautzenhiser attended the University of Georgia, competing in football, basketball, baseball and track from 1926 to 1928.[4] Lautzenhiser was an All-Southern right tackle, a member of the "Dream and Wonder team" of 1927.[5][6] One account reports Lautzenhiser played with a "tremendous ferocity."[3] He was co-captain of the 1928 team along with guard Roy Jacobson.[7][8] He quit the team in 1929 to devote more time to studies.[9]
After college[edit]
After his career at Georgia, Lautzenhiser worked for Coca-Cola, Goodyear Tires and a plastics company in Memphis, Tennessee.[4] He was honored in 2000 as Georgia's oldest living letterman.[4] He worked for Goodyear for more than 40 years.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 [database on-line].
- ^ a b "Glenn Lautzenhiser, Sr". February 27, 2003.
- ^ a b Anthony Dasher (September 23, 2000). "Oldest living Bulldog Lautzenhiser played with 'ferocity'".
- ^ a b c "UGA's Oldest Football Letterman, Glenn Lautzenhiser Dies in Mississippi". February 24, 2003.
- ^ "[PDF] Fighting Like Cats and Dogs - Free Download PDF". silo.tips.
- ^ "Four Georgia Grid Stars Voted Places On United Press Conference Team". Banner-Herald. November 23, 1917.
- ^ "[No title]". Santa Ana Register. December 19, 1927. p. 8.
- ^ "The Red and Black (Athens, Ga.) 1893-current, October 05, 1928, Image 1 « Georgia Historic Newspapers". gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu.
- ^ "Danville Bee Newspaper Archives, Jan 29, 1929, p. 7". NewspaperArchive.com. January 29, 1929.
- 1906 births
- 2003 deaths
- Georgia Bulldogs football players
- Georgia Bulldogs basketball players
- Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company people
- All-Southern college football players
- Georgia Bulldogs baseball players
- American football tackles
- Players of American football from Ohio
- Players of American football from Akron, Ohio
- American men's basketball players