Glenn Lautzenhiser

Glenn B. Lautzenhiser (March 7, 1906 – February 23, 2003) was a college football player.

Glenn Lautzenhiser
Georgia Bulldogs – No. 1
PositionTackle
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1906-03-07)March 7, 1906
Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Died:February 23, 2003(2003-02-23) (aged 96)
Columbus, Mississippi, U.S.
Career history
CollegeGeorgia (1926–1928)
High schoolTechnical
Career highlights and awards

Early years

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

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

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
  1. Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 [database on-line].
  2. "Glenn Lautzenhiser, Sr". February 27, 2003.
  3. Anthony Dasher (September 23, 2000). "Oldest living Bulldog Lautzenhiser played with 'ferocity'".
  4. "UGA's Oldest Football Letterman, Glenn Lautzenhiser Dies in Mississippi". February 24, 2003.
  5. "[PDF] Fighting Like Cats and Dogs - Free Download PDF". silo.tips.
  6. "Four Georgia Grid Stars Voted Places On United Press Conference Team". Banner-Herald. November 23, 1917.
  7. "[No title]". Santa Ana Register. December 19, 1927. p. 8. open access
  8. "The Red and Black (Athens, Ga.) 1893-current, October 05, 1928, Image 1 « Georgia Historic Newspapers". gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu.
  9. "Danville Bee Newspaper Archives, Jan 29, 1929, p. 7". NewspaperArchive.com. January 29, 1929.


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