Frank Godchaux

Frank Godchaux, Jr.
Position	Halfback
Personal information
Born:	December 27, 1901; Abbeville, Louisiana, U.S.
Died:	November 4, 1978 (aged 76); Riverside, California, U.S.
Weight	153 lb (69 kg)
Career history
College	Vanderbilt (1919–1921)
High school	Woodberry Forest School
Career highlights and awards
	SIAA championship (1921); SIAA championship (baseball) (1921);

Frank Area Godchaux Jr. (December 27, 1901 – November 4, 1978) was an American football and baseball player and golfer for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University.^[1]^[2]

Early years

Frank Area Godchaux Jr. was born on December 27, 1901, in Abbeville, Louisiana, to Frank Godchaux Sr. His father was a letterman and quarterback for the Commodores on the 1899 team, transferring from LSU in 1897,^[3]^[4] and once President of the Louisiana Rice Milling Company, a $10,000,000 corporation.

Vanderbilt University

Godchaux Hall at Vanderbilt University was named for his wife, Mary Ragland Godchaux.^[5] A Gothic building constructed in 1925 as a home for the School of Nursing, it now houses faculty and administrative offices, the Center for Nursing Research, and the Helene Fuld Multimedia Center. It was named for Mary Ragland in 1971.

1921

He was a member of the 1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) champion football and baseball teams.

Football

Godchaux was a prominent running back for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams. On the 1921 football team Godchaux was its second leading scorer behind Rupert Smith. Godchaux was the first son to follow in his father's footsteps as a Vanderbilt football player.^[6]

Baseball

On the 1921 baseball team, Frank Jr. was a catcher.

References

^ "A Vanderbilt Gridiron romance culminates when Frank Godchaux marries". The Tennessean. December 22, 1925. p. 11. Retrieved February 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Frank Godchaux will go to England if his studies and S.I.A.A. permits". The Tennessean. February 16, 1923. p. 12. Retrieved February 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ cf. Kathy Rivers. "Godchaux Family". Archived from the original on October 25, 2014.
^ Bigelow, Poultney; Worman, James Henry; Worman, Ben James; Whitney, Caspar; Britt, Albert (1914). "Vanderbilt–A University of the New South". Outing. 64: 320–331.
^ Wayne Wood. "Godchaux Remembers". Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
^ Couch, Ernie (2001). SEC Football Trivia. Thomas Nelson Inc.

External links

Frank Godchaux at Find a Grave

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[1] "A Vanderbilt Gridiron romance culminates when Frank Godchaux marries". The Tennessean. December 22, 1925. p. 11. Retrieved February 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "Frank Godchaux will go to England if his studies and S.I.A.A. permits". The Tennessean. February 16, 1923. p. 12. Retrieved February 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] . Kathy Rivers. "Godchaux Family". Archived from the original on October 25, 2014.

[4] Bigelow, Poultney; Worman, James Henry; Worman, Ben James; Whitney, Caspar; Britt, Albert (1914). "Vanderbilt–A University of the New South". Outing. 64: 320–331.

[5] Wayne Wood. "Godchaux Remembers". Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.

[6] Couch, Ernie (2001). SEC Football Trivia. Thomas Nelson Inc.

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