Position Tackle/Guard Name Ham Dowling Place of birth Savannah, Georgia | High school Duval Class Graduate | |
College Florida (1915)
Georgia Tech (1917–1919) Date of birth (1895-11-12)November 12, 1895 | ||
James Hamilton "Ham" Dowling (November 12, 1895 – January 28, 1986) was a college football player and once chief engineer of the Florida State Highway Commission.
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University of Florida
Dowling played for the Florida Gators of the University of Florida in 1915.
Georgia Tech
He also played for John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was a member of the ANAK Society and Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
1917
Dowling was a member of Georgia Tech's first national championship team in 1917, which outscored opponents 491 to 17.
Florida State Highway Commission
He was once appointed chief engineer of the Florida State Highway Commission in 1933, and served in that capacity until 1946. He was again chief engineer in 1954.
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