![]() At Auburn; the larger Elmer next to quarterback C. J. Williams | |
Ole Miss Rebels | |
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Position | Center/ Guard |
Class | Graduate |
Personal information | |
Born: | Biloxi, Mississippi | January 21, 1882
Died: | April 30, 1920 New Orleans, Louisiana | (aged 38)
Weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
Career history | |
College |
Auburn (1902) Virginia (1903) Ole Miss (1904–1906) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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James Chester Elmer (January 21, 1882 – April 30, 1920) [1] was a college football player and once sheriff of Harrison County, Mississippi.
He was a prominent guard and center for the Auburn Tigers of Alabama Polytechnic Institute. [2] The yearbook remarks "The student body thinks "Jimmy Bigs" Elmer is the laziest man in college. [Jimmy, when you show this to Papa, tell him that "Large bodies move slowly."]" [3]
He was selected All-Southern [4] in 1902. Tradition dictates many publications list Elmer as the school's first All-Southern selection despite the success in 1899 of Arthur Feagin. [5] [6] [7] A report of the 6 to 0 loss to Sewanee reads "Elmer, of Auburn, was the star of the game, his work in the line being remarkable." [8]
He attended the University of Virginia for a year.
He continued his legal studies at the University of Mississippi. [1]
In the Egg Bowl of 1906, Elmer's kicking accounted for 13 points in a 29 to 5 rout. [9] Elmer also caught the first forward pass in the history of that rivalry. He was elected All-Southern by former Tennessee player Nash Buckingham in the Memphis Commercial Appeal. [10] [11]
![]() At Auburn; the larger Elmer next to quarterback C. J. Williams | |
Ole Miss Rebels | |
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Position | Center/ Guard |
Class | Graduate |
Personal information | |
Born: | Biloxi, Mississippi | January 21, 1882
Died: | April 30, 1920 New Orleans, Louisiana | (aged 38)
Weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
Career history | |
College |
Auburn (1902) Virginia (1903) Ole Miss (1904–1906) |
Career highlights and awards | |
|
James Chester Elmer (January 21, 1882 – April 30, 1920) [1] was a college football player and once sheriff of Harrison County, Mississippi.
He was a prominent guard and center for the Auburn Tigers of Alabama Polytechnic Institute. [2] The yearbook remarks "The student body thinks "Jimmy Bigs" Elmer is the laziest man in college. [Jimmy, when you show this to Papa, tell him that "Large bodies move slowly."]" [3]
He was selected All-Southern [4] in 1902. Tradition dictates many publications list Elmer as the school's first All-Southern selection despite the success in 1899 of Arthur Feagin. [5] [6] [7] A report of the 6 to 0 loss to Sewanee reads "Elmer, of Auburn, was the star of the game, his work in the line being remarkable." [8]
He attended the University of Virginia for a year.
He continued his legal studies at the University of Mississippi. [1]
In the Egg Bowl of 1906, Elmer's kicking accounted for 13 points in a 29 to 5 rout. [9] Elmer also caught the first forward pass in the history of that rivalry. He was elected All-Southern by former Tennessee player Nash Buckingham in the Memphis Commercial Appeal. [10] [11]