Frank Godchaux

Frank Area Godchaux Jr. (December 27, 1901 – November 4, 1978) was an American football and baseball player and golfer for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University.[1][2]

Not to be confused with Frank Godchaux Sr..
Frank Godchaux, Jr.
PositionHalfback
Personal information
Born:(1901-12-27)December 27, 1901
Abbeville, Louisiana
Died:November 4, 1978(1978-11-04) (aged 76)
Riverside, California
Weight153 lb (69 kg)
Career history
CollegeVanderbilt (1919–1921)
High schoolWoodberry Forest School
Career highlights and awards
  • SIAA championship (1921)
  • SIAA championship (baseball) (1921)

Early years

Frank Area Godchaux Jr. was born on December 27, 1901, in Abbeville, Louisiana, to Frank Godchaux Sr. His father was a letterman and quarterback for the Commodores on the 1899 team, transferring from LSU in 1897,[3][4] and once President of the Louisiana Rice Milling Company, a $10,000,000 corporation.

Godchaux c. 1921

Vanderbilt University
Godchaux Hall

Godchaux Hall at Vanderbilt University was named for his wife, Mary Ragland Godchaux.[5] A Gothic building constructed in 1925 as a home for the School of Nursing, it now houses faculty and administrative offices, the Center for Nursing Research, and the Helene Fuld Multimedia Center. It was named for Mary Ragland in 1971.

1921

He was a member of the 1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) champion football and baseball teams.

Football

Godchaux was a prominent running back for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams. On the 1921 football team Godchaux was its second leading scorer behind Rupert Smith. Godchaux was the first son to follow in his father's footsteps as a Vanderbilt football player.[6]

Baseball

On the 1921 baseball team, Frank Jr. was a catcher.

See also

References
  1. "A Vanderbilt Gridiron romance culminates when Frank Godchaux marries". The Tennessean. 22 December 1925. p. 11. Retrieved 4 February 2023 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  2. "Frank Godchaux will go to England if his studies and S.I.A.A. permits". The Tennessean. 16 February 1923. p. 12. Retrieved 4 February 2023 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  3. cf. Kathy Rivers. "Godchaux Family". Archived from the original on 2014-10-25.
  4. Bigelow, Poultney; Worman, James Henry; Worman, Ben James; Whitney, Caspar; Britt, Albert (1914). "Vanderbilt–A University of the New South". Outing. 64: 320–331.
  5. Wayne Wood. "Godchaux Remembers". Archived from the original on 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
  6. Couch, Ernie (2001). SEC Football Trivia. Thomas Nelson Inc.


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