Role Freiherr Name Red Barron | Class 1922 | |
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Date of birth (1900-06-21)June 21, 1900 Date of death October 4, 1982(1982-10-04) (aged 82) Died April 21, 1918, Vaux-sur-Somme, France Full name Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen Buried April 22, 1918, South Cemetery Wiesbaden Siblings Lothar von Richthofen, Bolko von Richthofen, Ilse von Richthofen Books The Red Fighter Pilot, The Red Battle Flyer, The Red Battle Flyer ‑ Scholar, The Red Air Fighter, The Red Baron Similar People Lothar von Richthofen, Eddie Rickenbacker, Anthony Fokker, Suzane von Richthofen, Hermann Goring | ||
David Irenus "Red" Barron (June 21, 1900 – October 4, 1982) was an American football and baseball player. Barron was a three-sport letterwinner at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In football, he was named second or third team All American twice, first-team All-Southern four times, and was an inductee to Tech's Hall of Fame and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. He was also twice an All-Southern baseball player at Tech.
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Georgia Tech
Barron was a prominent halfback for John Heisman and Bill Alexander's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football teams of the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1918 to 1922. Former Tech fullback Sam Murray, who played as a substitute for later Tech back Doug Wycoff, was asked about a certain strong runner in the 1930s, "He's good. But if I were playing again, I would have one wish – never to see bearing down upon me a more fearsome picture of power than Judy Harlan blocking for Red Barron."
During the Cocking affair, Eugene Talmadge attempted to place Barron in a new position as vice president of his alma mater; the move was widely criticized by Georgia Tech alumni, and Barron subsequently declined to accept the position.
Football
Barron played with a group of all-star collegians representing Coral Gables against Red Grange's traveling Chicago Bears. NFL league president Joseph Carr chose Barron for his All-star team of 1925.
Baseball
Barron then played baseball professionally with the Boston Braves in 1929.
High school football
He later became a high school football coach. Barron coached for Dacula High School, as well as Monroe, Rabun County, and Clayton high schools.