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Mar 26, 1899 Sumter, South Carolina, United States Died on 08 Apr 1983 (aged 84)
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About Buck Flowers
- Allen Ralph "Buck" Flowers, Jr.
- (March 26, 1899 – April 8, 1983) was an American college football player who was a halfback for the Davidson Wildcats football team of Davidson College in 1917 and for the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team of the Georgia School of Technology in 1918, 1919 and 1920. A triple threat, Flowers also handled punting and drop kicks.
- Coach William Alexander said Flowers was the best punter Tech ever had and the best back he ever coached, calling him "pound for pound, my greatest player".
- As a safety on defense, no player ever got past Flowers for a touchdown.In 1955, he became the first Georgia Tech football player to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
- Flowers was also selected as a halfback on an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869–1919 era.
