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{{Infobox gridiron football person
{{Short description|American football player (1882–1920)}}
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|name=James Elmer
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{{Infobox college football player
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|name=James C. Elmer
|team=Auburn Tigers
|image=James Elmer and CJ Williams.jpg
|years=1902
|image_size=250px
|teams=[[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]]
|caption=At Auburn; the larger Elmer next to quarterback C. J. Williams
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|college=[[Auburn University]]
|currentposition=[[Center (American football)|Center]]/[[Guard (American football)|Guard]]
|career_highlights=
|school=Ole Miss Rebels
[[College Football All-Southern Team|All-Southern]] (1902)
|birth_date={{birth date|1882|1|21}}
|birth_place=[[Biloxi, Mississippi]]
|death_date={{death date and age|mf=y|1920|4|30|1882|1|21}}
|death_place=[[New Orleans, Louisiana]]
|class=Graduate
|pastschools=[[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]] (1902)<br>[[Virginia Cavaliers football|Virginia]] (1903)<br>[[Ole Miss Rebels football|Ole Miss]] (1904&ndash;1906)
|weight_lb=230
|highlights=
*1st All-Southern at Auburn University
*[[College Football All-Southern Team|All-Southern]] ([[1902 College Football All-Southern Team|1902]], [[1906 College Football All-Southern Team|1906]])
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'''James Chester Elmer''' (January 21, 1882 &ndash; April 30, 1920)<ref name=sher>{{cite web|url=http://biloxihistoricalsociety.org/node/273|title=Sheriffs-Harrison County}}</ref> was a [[college football]] player and once sheriff of [[Harrison County, Mississippi]].
'''James Elmer''' was an [[College Football All-Southern Team|All-Southern]]<ref>selected by [[W. R. Tichenor]], posted in [[Fuzzy Woodruff]]'s ''A History of Southern Football''</ref> [[college football]] [[Guard (American football)|guard]] for the [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn Tigers]] of [[Alabama Polytechnic Institute]]. Many publications list Elmer as the school's first All-Southern selection.<ref>{{cite book|title=Auburn Football|author=Elizabeth D. Schafer|page=14|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NELfymTOEmkC&pg=PA14#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=SEC Football Trivia|author=Ernie Couch|page=46}}</ref>

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==Auburn University==
He was a prominent [[Guard (American football)|guard]] and [[Center (American football)|center]] for the [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn Tigers]] of [[Alabama Polytechnic Institute]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1958299//|work=Atlanta Constitution|title=Auburn-Georgia Meet Again Today|date=November 28, 1901|page=8|access-date=March 10, 2015|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> The yearbook remarks "The student body thinks "Jimmy Bigs" Elmer is the laziest man in college. [Jimmy, when you show this to Papa, tell him that "Large bodies move slowly."]"<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://content.lib.auburn.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/gloms1897/id/2035/rec/14 |title=Glomerata, p. 187 |access-date=2015-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229055847/http://content.lib.auburn.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/gloms1897/id/2035/rec/14 |archive-date=2014-12-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===1902===
He was selected [[College Football All-Southern Team|All-Southern]]<ref>selected by [[W. R. Tichenor]], posted in [[Fuzzy Woodruff]]'s ''A History of Southern Football''</ref> in [[1902 Auburn Tigers football team|1902]]. Tradition dictates many publications list Elmer as the school's first All-Southern selection despite the success in 1899 of [[Arthur Feagin]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Auburn Football|author=Elizabeth D. Schafer|year=2004|page=14|publisher=Arcadia |isbn=9780738516691|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NELfymTOEmkC&pg=PA14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=SEC Football Trivia|author=Ernie Couch|page=46}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kodeless.com/clients/53/2011-supplement.-%5B20120824142701%5D-page0234.pdf|title=Honor Roll|page=232}}</ref> A report of the 6 to 0 loss to [[Sewanee Tigers football|Sewanee]] reads "Elmer, of Auburn, was the star of the game, his work in the line being remarkable."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1958317//|work=News and Observer|title=Gallant Struggle on the Gridiron|date=November 8, 1902|access-date=March 10, 2015|page=2|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref>

==University of Virginia==

He attended the [[University of Virginia]] for a year.

==Ole Miss==
He continued his legal studies at the [[University of Mississippi]].<ref name=sher/>

===1906===
In the [[Egg Bowl]] of [[1906 Ole Miss Rebels football team|1906]], Elmer's kicking accounted for 13 points in a 29 to 5 rout.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=54L0Bv-uNVgC&pg=PA376|page=376|title=The Egg Bowl: Mississippi State Vs. Ole Miss|author=William G. Barner|year=2010|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |isbn=9781617030741}}</ref> Elmer also caught the first [[forward pass]] in the history of that rivalry. He was elected [[College Football All-Southern Team|All-Southern]] by former Tennessee player [[Nash Buckingham]] in the ''[[Memphis Commercial Appeal]]''.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|title= An All Southern Eleven Picked|date=December 23, 1906}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/atlnewspapers/id:aga1907-4812|title=Some Past All-Southerns|work=Atlanta Georgian|date=December 9, 1907|page=12|access-date=March 5, 2015|via=[[Digital Library of Georgia]]}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{Open access}}</ref>


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[[Category:Sportspeople from Biloxi, Mississippi]]
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[[Category:Players of American football from Mississippi]]

Latest revision as of 21:31, 26 September 2024

James C. Elmer
At Auburn; the larger Elmer next to quarterback C. J. Williams
Ole Miss Rebels
PositionCenter/Guard
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1882-01-21)January 21, 1882
Biloxi, Mississippi
Died:April 30, 1920(1920-04-30) (aged 38)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Weight230 lb (104 kg)
Career history
CollegeAuburn (1902)
Virginia (1903)
Ole Miss (1904–1906)
Career highlights and awards

James Chester Elmer (January 21, 1882 – April 30, 1920)[1] was a college football player and once sheriff of Harrison County, Mississippi.

Auburn University

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He was a prominent guard and center for the Auburn Tigers of Alabama Polytechnic Institute.[2] The yearbook remarks "The student body thinks "Jimmy Bigs" Elmer is the laziest man in college. [Jimmy, when you show this to Papa, tell him that "Large bodies move slowly."]"[3]

1902

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He was selected All-Southern[4] in 1902. Tradition dictates many publications list Elmer as the school's first All-Southern selection despite the success in 1899 of Arthur Feagin.[5][6][7] A report of the 6 to 0 loss to Sewanee reads "Elmer, of Auburn, was the star of the game, his work in the line being remarkable."[8]

University of Virginia

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He attended the University of Virginia for a year.

Ole Miss

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He continued his legal studies at the University of Mississippi.[1]

1906

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In the Egg Bowl of 1906, Elmer's kicking accounted for 13 points in a 29 to 5 rout.[9] Elmer also caught the first forward pass in the history of that rivalry. He was elected All-Southern by former Tennessee player Nash Buckingham in the Memphis Commercial Appeal.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sheriffs-Harrison County".
  2. ^ "Auburn-Georgia Meet Again Today". Atlanta Constitution. November 28, 1901. p. 8. Retrieved March 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "Glomerata, p. 187". Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  4. ^ selected by W. R. Tichenor, posted in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football
  5. ^ Elizabeth D. Schafer (2004). Auburn Football. Arcadia. p. 14. ISBN 9780738516691.
  6. ^ Ernie Couch. SEC Football Trivia. p. 46.
  7. ^ "Honor Roll" (PDF). p. 232.
  8. ^ "Gallant Struggle on the Gridiron". News and Observer. November 8, 1902. p. 2. Retrieved March 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ^ William G. Barner (2010). The Egg Bowl: Mississippi State Vs. Ole Miss. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 376. ISBN 9781617030741.
  10. ^ "An All Southern Eleven Picked". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. December 23, 1906.
  11. ^ "Some Past All-Southerns". Atlanta Georgian. December 9, 1907. p. 12. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Digital Library of Georgia.[permanent dead link‍] Open access icon
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