Cary Cox

Cary Cox
Date of birth (1917-12-31)December 31, 1917
Place of birth Bainbridge, Georgia
Date of death December 27, 1991(1991-12-27) (aged 73)
Place of death Alexander City, Alabama
Career information
Position(s) Center
College University of Alabama
Career history
As player
1937–1939 Alabama
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-American, 1939

William Cary Cox (December 31, 1917 – December 27, 1991), sometimes listed as William Carey Cox, was an American football player. Cox attended the University of Alabama where he played at the center position on the Alabama Crimson Tide football team. He was selected by Liberty magazine as a first-team player on the 1939 College Football All-America Team.[1] During World War II, Cox commanded an infantry battalion in the European Theater.[2] Cox later operated an automobile dealership in Alexander City, Alabama.[3] He was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1988.[4] He died in Alexander City in 1991.[3]

References

  1. ↑ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1178. ISBN 1401337031.
  2. ↑ "Carey Cox Commands Fighting Battalion". The Tuscaloosa News. October 9, 1944.
  3. 1 2 "William Cox". The Tuscaloosa News. December 29, 1991.
  4. ↑ "20th class inducted into Alabama's Hall of Fame". Times Daily. February 22, 1988.
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