Malcolm_Aitken

Malcolm Aitken

Malcolm Aitken

American football player

Malcolm Aitken (c. 1911 – ?) was a college football player.

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University of Tennessee

Aitken was a prominent tackle for coach Robert Neyland's Tennessee Volunteers football teams from 1930 to 1932, captain of the 1932 team.[1] After learning coach Neyland's mother had died, Aitken organized a secret meeting with the team, and vowing to "go out and pay a debt of respect and gratitude o one of the greatest coaches football has ever known." The Vols later defeated Florida 32–13.[2] Aitken was selected All-Southern by The Anniston Star.[3] He earned the Torchbearer award in 1933.[4][5]

Personal life

Aitken married Dorothy Wright on September 24, 1934.[6][7]

References

  1. [1]
    Guerard, Albert (October 13, 1932). "Tennessee U's Great Football Record Menaced: Loss Of Veterans Is BLow". The Stanford Daily. Vol. 82, no. 9. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  2. [2]
    McMinn, Ed (July 24, 2007). God Bless the Vols: Devotions for the Die-Hard Tennessee Fan. ISBN 9781416541899.
  3. [3]
    "This N That". The Anniston Star. November 23, 1932. p. 8. Archived from the original on January 15, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. [4]
    "Knotts' Deeds Lead To Torchbearer Award". University of Tennessee Athletics. April 10, 2012. Archived from the original on January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Torchbearers – Alphabetical Order". UTK.edu. Archived from the original on November 8, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790–1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH7-3SFM Archived September 30, 2015, at the Wayback Machine : accessed September 29, 2015), Malcolm Aitken and Dorothy Irene Wright, 1934.
  7. [7]
    "Former Vol To Wed". Herald-Journal. September 7, 1934. Archived from the original on October 8, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015 – via Google News.


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