Class 1901 | Position Quarterback | |
Born 1870 Abbeville, Louisiana Occupation President of Louisiana Rice Milling Company Colleges LSU Tigers football (1897), Vanderbilt Commodores football (1899–1900) | ||
Frank Area Godchaux Sr. (1870 – ?) was a former president of the Louisiana Rice Milling Company, a $10,000,000 corporation. He was a letterman and quarterback for the Vanderbilt Commodores on the 1899 team, transferring from LSU in 1897. He and his son Frank Godchaux Jr were the first father-son Vandy lettermen. Godchaux Sr. was the only child of pioneering merchant Gustave Godchaux, whose parents came from France to Louisiana.
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