J._G._Lowe

J. G. Lowe

J. G. Lowe

American football player and coach (1903–1986)


Jesse Grant Lowe Jr. (June 24, 1903 – September 1986) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as an End as the University of Tennessee and was captain of the 1924 and 1925 teams. Lowe served as the head football coach at King University in Bristol, Tennessee for two seasons, from 1928 to 1929.

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Early years

Grant's father, Jesse Grant Lowe, was a teacher.[1]

College football

Lowe was an end on M. B. Banks's Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee, captain of both the 1924 and 1925 teams.[2] His first three years he played next to Estes Kefauver on the line. Lowe was the last to be elected captain of the football team in consecutive years until 2004.[3][4] Lowe and his three brothers (Andy Lowe, Chink Lowe, and Ted Lowe) all played for Tennessee. J. G. was selected All-Southern in 1925,[5] an honor predicted by his brother. "Chink" once wrote "We practiced pretty hard today...The boys showed great improvement over yesterday, so I am somewhat encouraged. . . . J.G. showed up good today and although he doesn't know it all, he seems sure of making the team. I believe he will run some one a good race for All Southern."[6] J. G. was also selected a third-team All-American in 1925.[7]

Coaching career

Lowe began his coaching career at Tennessee High School in Bristol, Tennessee in 1926. He left Tennessee High in June 1928 to become head coach at King University, also in Bristol. Lowe was succeeded by fellow Tennessee alumnus John Barnhill at Tennessee High.[8][9][10] In 1930, Lowe moved on to The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina to assist Johnny Floyd, who had been hired as the school's new head football coach.[11]

Personal life

Lowe married Dorothy Montague Sevier on December 6, 1931, in Hendersonville, North Carolina.[12]

Head coaching record

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References

  1. "Record of the alumni, College of Liberal Arts, U.S. Grant University, Athens, Tennessee. 1866-1896". Ogden Bros. 1896 via Archive.org.
  2. e. g. "1924 Football Program - UT vs Carson-Newman (non-IA)". University of Tennessee. October 18, 1924.
  3. "Tennessee Names 2004 Football Captains". University of Tennessee Athletics. May 3, 2004. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  4. Stewart, Jeffery (January 9, 2004). "NFL's Loss Boosts Tennessee's Game". Scout.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  5. "All Southern Grid Team Compiled By The Associated Press". Kingsport Times. November 30, 1925.
  6. "Volunteer Warrior". University of Tennessee Alumni Magazine.
  7. "Associated Press Announces All-American Teams". Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. December 14, 1925.
  8. "New Coach Of Tenn. Awaited". The Bristol News Bulletin. Bristol, Tennessee. August 31, 1926. p. 9. Retrieved September 25, 2020 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. "Tennessee High Is Looking Good". The Kingsport Times. September 14, 1927. p. 6. Retrieved November 10, 2017 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  10. "Many of Best Players on Competing Teams Are of This Immediate Sections, Well Known Here". Kingsport Times. February 8, 1929. p. 2. Retrieved March 13, 2015 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  11. "J. G. Lowe Coaching At Citadel College". Bristol Herald Courier. Bristol, Tennessee. September 30, 1930. p. 8. Retrieved September 25, 2020 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.

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