Class Graduate Name Clarke Mathes Positions Guard Weight 84 kg | Height 1.85 m Major Engineering | |
Date of birth (1897-08-09)August 9, 1897 Date of death September 26, 1934(1934-09-26) (aged 37) College Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football (1914–1917) | ||
Place of death Jonesboro, Georgia | ||
William Clarke Mathes (August 9, 1897 – September 26, 1934) was an American football player for the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He graduated with an M. E.. Mathes was a member of Tech's first national championship team in 1917, which outscored opponents 491 to 17. Mathes enlisted in the United States Marines and joined the First World War soon after that season finished.
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Early years
William was born on August 9, 1897 in Jonesboro, Georgia to Nathaniel Beecher Mathes and Cora Blanche Clarke.
Later years
Mathes died unexpectedly on September 26, 1934 at his home in Jonesboro.
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