Biographical details | |
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Born | Eastman, Georgia, U.S. | March 15, 1890
Died | January 28, 1944 St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. | (aged 53)
Playing career | |
1910–1912 | Georgia |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
1914 | Georgia (assistant) |
1916 | Mercer |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
All-Southern (1911, 1912) | |
David Roscoe "Emp" Peacock (March 15, 1890 – January 28, 1944) was a college football player and coach, as well as a politician.
As a player, he was an All-Southern guard captain for the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia in 1912. [1] [2] An Athens newspaper said he was "probably the most aggressive lineman in the South." [3] He weighed 185 pounds.
Peacock was an assistant for the 1914 Georgia Bulldogs, leaving to get his master's degree at the University of Michigan. [4]
He was once president pro-tempore of the Georgia state Senate. [5]
Peacock died in St. Petersburg, Florida on January 28, 1944, at the age of 53. [6]
Biographical details | |
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Born | Eastman, Georgia, U.S. | March 15, 1890
Died | January 28, 1944 St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. | (aged 53)
Playing career | |
1910–1912 | Georgia |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
1914 | Georgia (assistant) |
1916 | Mercer |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
All-Southern (1911, 1912) | |
David Roscoe "Emp" Peacock (March 15, 1890 – January 28, 1944) was a college football player and coach, as well as a politician.
As a player, he was an All-Southern guard captain for the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia in 1912. [1] [2] An Athens newspaper said he was "probably the most aggressive lineman in the South." [3] He weighed 185 pounds.
Peacock was an assistant for the 1914 Georgia Bulldogs, leaving to get his master's degree at the University of Michigan. [4]
He was once president pro-tempore of the Georgia state Senate. [5]
Peacock died in St. Petersburg, Florida on January 28, 1944, at the age of 53. [6]