Noble Atkins

Noble Atkins
TCU Horned Frogs
Position	Center
Personal information
Born:	Borger, Texas
Career history
College	TCU (1929–1930)
Career highlights and awards
	All-Southwest (1929, 1930); All-Southern (1929);

Noble Atkins was a college football and basketball player. He was a prominent center for the TCU Horned Frogs football team of Texas Christian.[1] Atkins was selected All-Southern in 1929 by football fans of the south through Central Press newspapers.[2] He weighed some 215 pounds during the football season, and managed 187 while playing basketball. He weighed around 200 when he played baseball.[3] He signed with the Green Bay Packers in 1933.[4]

References

"2013 TCU Football Fact Book".
"Southern Team". The Morning Herald. December 10, 1929. p. 11. Retrieved March 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
"Athlete's Weight Varies". The Spokesman-Review. July 8, 1929.
"The 1933 Green Bay Packers (5-7-1)". www.packershistory.net. Archived from the original on 2013-07-15.

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[1] "2013 TCU Football Fact Book".

[2] "Southern Team". The Morning Herald. December 10, 1929. p. 11. Retrieved March 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Athlete's Weight Varies". The Spokesman-Review. July 8, 1929.

[4] "The 1933 Green Bay Packers (5-7-1)". www.packershistory.net. Archived from the original on 2013-07-15.