Hunter Kimball

Hunter Kimball
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Position Halfback/End
Class Graduate
Career history
College Mississippi A&M (19111914)
Personal information
Date of birth (1893-07-14)July 14, 1893
Place of birth Jackson, Mississippi
Date of death May 29, 1972(1972-05-29) (aged 78)
Place of death Gulfport, Mississippi
Weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Hunter Hudson Kimball (July 14, 1893 May 29, 1972) was a college football player and the first Executive Director of the Mississippi Game and Fish Commission.

Mississippi State

Kimball was a prominent running back for the Mississippi A & M Aggies of Mississippi A & M University. His playing in the 1911 Egg Bowl, then his position was at end, was cited as 'superb' by the Commercial Appeal.[1] That year Mississippi A & M was invited to its first postseason bowl game, the Bacardi Bowl in Havana, Cuba.[1] He received the most votes of any All-Southern halfback in 1914.[2][3] He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.[4]

Fish and Game Commission

He was the first Executive Director of the Mississippi Game and Fish Commission,[5][6] appointed to the position in 1932.

Family life

His son Hunter, Jr. was a casualty of the Korean War.

References

  1. 1 2 William G. Barner. The Egg Bowl: Mississippi State Vs. Ole Miss. p. 40.
  2. Spalding's Official Football Guide. NCAA. 1915.
  3. John Wendell Bailey (1947). "1". The M Book of Athletics, Mississippi A and M College. 2: 40.
  4. "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
  5. "Celebrating Conservation".
  6. William H. Turcotte (1999). Birds of Mississippi. p. 18.
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