Malcolm Aitken
| Tennessee Volunteers No. 11 | |
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| Position | Tackle |
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | c. 1911 |
| Weight | 202 lb (92 kg) |
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Malcolm Aitken (c. 1911 – ?) was a college football player.
University of Tennessee
He was a prominent tackle for coach Robert Neyland's Tennessee Volunteers football teams from 1930 to 1932, captain of the 1932 team.[1] After learning coach Neyland's mother had died, Aitken organized a secret meeting with the team, and vowing to "go out and pay a debt of respect and gratitude o one of the greatest coaches football has ever known." The Vols then beat Florida 32–13.[2] Aitken was selected All-Southern by the The Anniston Star.[3] He earned the Torchbearer award in 1933.[4]
Personal
Aitken married Dorothy Wright on September 24, 1934.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Albert Guerard (October 13, 1932). "Tennessee U's Great Football Record Menaced: Loss Of Veterans Is BLow". The Stanford Daily. 82 (9).
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=wPeqTDnNAv8C&pg=PA50#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ↑ Mark (November 23, 1932). "This N That". The Anniston Star. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ http://www.utsports.com/genrel/041012aab.html
- ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH7-3SFM : accessed 29 September 2015), Malcolm Aitken and Dorothy Irene Wright, 1934.
- ↑ "Former Vol To Wed". Herald-Journal. September 7, 1934.
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