Ken Whitlow (1940) | |||||
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| Position: | Center | ||||
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| Born: | November 30, 1917 Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S. | ||||
| Died: | November 12, 1969 (aged 51) Houston, Texas, U.S. | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||
| Career information | |||||
| High school: | Wichita Falls (TX) | ||||
| College: | Rice | ||||
| NFL draft: | 1941 / round: 22 / pick: 199 | ||||
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Kenneth Moody "Tuffy" Whitlow (November 30, 1917 – November 12, 1969) was an American football center.
Whitlow was born in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1917 and attended Wichita Falls High School. He played college football for Rice. He was selected by the Associated Press as the first-team center on the 1940 All-Southwest Conference football team. He was also the captain of the southern team for the 1940 North–South Shrine Game.
He played professional football in the All-America Football Conference for the Miami Seahawks in 1946. He appeared in a total of 13 professional games, seven of them as a starter.
He died in 1969 in Houston.
References
- ^ a b c "Ken Whitlow Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
- ^ "Ken Whitlow Has Last Fling: Wichita Falls Boy to Finish At Rice Today". Times Record-News. December 7, 1940. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Power Is Keynote As A.P. Picks All-S.W. Conference Grid Team". The Brownsville Herald. December 6, 1940 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ken Whitlow Heads 'Grays': Wichita Falls Boy Named All-Star Co-Captain". Times Record-News. December 26, 1940. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
