Osborne Helveston

Osborne Milsted "Butch" Helveston, Sr. (December 5, 1913 – September 2, 1961), sometimes listed as Osborn Helveston, was an American football player.

Osborne Helveston
Osborne Helveston, 1935
Born:December 5, 1913
Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Died:September 2, 1961 (age 47)
Zachary, Louisiana
Career information
Position(s)Guard
CollegeLouisiana State University
Career highlights and awards

Biography

Helveston was born in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, in 1913. He graduated from Biloxi High School in 1932.[1]

He attended Louisiana State University and played college football at the guard position for the LSU Tigers football team.[2] He was selected by the Central Press Association as a first-team guard on the 1935 All-America college football team.[3][4] He graduated from LSU in 1936.[1]

After graduating from LSU, Helveston served as a coach and principal at Baton Rouge High School.[1] He began as assistant coach and was promoted to head coach in 1938.[5] He was later the personnel director for the Baton Rouge school system. He died in September 1961 at age 47 after suffering a heart attack at his family camp near Baton Rouge.[1] He was posthumously inducted into the Louisiana State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1976.[6]

References
  1. "Heart Attack Fatal To O. M. Helveston". Sun Herald. Biloxi, Mississippi. September 5, 1961. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Osborne "Butch" Helveston". The Rayne Tribune. Rayne, Louisiana. October 11, 1935. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Bill Braucher (1935-12-08). "South Leads Other Secions - All-America: 54~Captains Select Central Press All-American Teams". Kingsport Times.
  4. Bill Braucher, "Lutz Again Chosen For All-America Honors In Poll of Grid Captains," Berkeley Daily Gazette (December 13, 1935). Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  5. "Helveston Named Baton Rouge Coach". The Town Talk. Alexandria, Louisiana. February 4, 1938. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "LSU Athletic Hall of Fame Members". LSU Athletics.


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