George L. Watkins

George LeGrande Watkins (June 8, 1886 – March 14, 1962) was an American college football player and coach and the mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1930 to 1932. In 1959, Watkins was made chairman of the Tulsa County Excise Board by the Oklahoma Tax Commission.[1]

George L. Watkins
18th Mayor of Tulsa
In office
1930–1932
Preceded byDan W. Patton
Succeeded byHerman Frederick Newblock
Personal details
Born(1886-06-08)June 8, 1886
Faunsdale, Alabama, U.S.
DiedMarch 14, 1962(1962-03-14) (aged 75)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Coaching career
Playing career
Football
1904–1906Sewanee
Position(s)Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1907Louisiana Tech
1914Sewanee (assistant)
Baseball
1908Louisiana Tech

Sewanee

Watkins was a prominent center for the Sewanee Tigers football teams of Sewanee: The University of the South, a small Episcopal school in the mountains of Tennessee. He thrice made All-Southern.[2] Watkins was unanimously selected captain of the 1906 team.[3][4] He is the second-team center on Sewanee's all-time team, behind Frank Juhan.[5] At Sewanee he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.[4]

Louisiana Tech

Watkins was an athletic coach instructor in math and history at Louisiana Industrial Institute—now known as Louisiana Tech University during the 1907–08 year. As football coach, he led the 1907 Louisiana Industrial football team to a record of 9–1. He was also the school's baseball coach in the spring of 1908.[6]

Head coaching record

Football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Louisiana Industrial (Independent) (1907)
1907 Louisiana Industrial 9–1
Louisiana Industrial: 9–1
Total:9–1

References
  1. "About Sewanee Alumni". Sewanee News: 8. 1959.
  2. W. R. Tichenor (December 3, 1905). "Football Experts Give Their Selections For An All-Southern Team". The Atlanta Constitution.
  3. "Lettermen". Sewanee Alumni News: 14. 1949.
  4. Phi Delta Theta Fraternity (1906). "Athletics". Annual Circular Letters of the ... Active Chapters of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. 20: 336.
  5. "Sewanee's All-Time Football Team". Sewanee Alumni News. February 1949.
  6. Vol 1908: Lagniappe. Louisiana Tech University. 1908. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
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