American football player, baseball player, athletics administrator, insurance executive
Alfred Morgan "Dan " Boone (July 23, 1893 – March 1, 1961) was an American college football and college baseball player, athletics administrator, and insurance executive. Boone played football and baseball at the University of Alabama . He served as the acting athletic director for the university during the 1919–20 academic year, following the resignation of B. L. Noojin .[ 1]
Boone was selected to the 1917 College Football All-Southern Team as an end and the 1919 College Baseball All-Southern Team as a pitcher .[ 2] [ 3] Berry, Alabama , he graduated from the University of Alabama in 1919 with a Doctor of Law degree.[ 4] Xen C. Scott in coaching the 1919 Alabama Crimson Tide football team .[ 5]
Boone later managed Birmingham, Alabama office of USF&G . He died on March 1, 1961, in New York City .[ 6]
References
^ Newman, Zipp (May 9, 1920). "Boone Foresakes Athletic World To Hang Out His Law Shingle" . The Birmingham News Birmingham, Alabama . p. 1, sport section. Retrieved January 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com ^ "Noojin Names Five Alabama Players on All-Southern" . The Atlanta Constitution . May 25, 1919. p. 3. Retrieved November 11, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .^ H. J. Stegeman (May 18, 1919). "Coach Stegeman Picks All-Southern College Team From S. I. A. A." Atlanta Constitution . p. 2. Retrieved November 11, 2017 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Degree In Law" . The Birmingham Age-Herald Birmingham, Alabama . May 27, 1919. p. 2. Retrieved January 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com ^ "University Team Is Being Moulded Into Condition" . Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery, Alabama . September 22, 1919. p. 8. Retrieved January 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com ^ "A. M. Boone Dies In N. Y." Birmingham Post-Herald Birmingham, Alabama . March 2, 1961. p. 18. Retrieved January 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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