Position Tackle/Halfback Class 1910 | Name J. Davis | |
College Georgia Tech (1907–1909) Date of birth (1882-06-12)June 12, 1882 Date of death August 16, 1947(1947-08-16) (aged 65) | ||
Place of birth Williamsburg, Virginia | ||
John Ryland "Twenty Percent" Davis (June 12, 1882 – August 16, 1947) was a college football player. Davis was known as "Twenty percent" because he was considered twenty percent of the team's worth.
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Georgia Tech
Davis was a tackle and halfback for John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was inducted into the Tech Athletic Hall of Fame in 1958. The large Davis once carried the drum on his back through Griffin, Georgia for the Georgia Tech Glee Club.
1908
Davis was selected All-Southern in 1908. Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin wrote, "He has one glaring fault—a tendency to tackle around the eyebrows. Otherwise he is a splendid foot ball man. He weighs two hundred pounds, is never hurt, never fumbles, bucks a line hard and furnishes excellent interference. He was the strength and stay of Tech."
1909
He was captain of the 1909 team.