Ken Whitlow

American football player (1917–1969)
American football player
Ken Whitlow
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Ken Whitlow (1940)
No. 22
Position:Center
Personal information
Born:(1917-11-30)November 30, 1917
Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.
Died:November 12, 1969(1969-11-12) (aged 51)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school:Wichita Falls (TX)
College:Rice
NFL draft:1941 / Round: 22 / Pick: 199
Career history
  • Miami Seahawks (1946)
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-SWC (1940)
  • Second-team All-SWC (1939)
Career NFL statistics
Games played:13
Player stats at PFR

Kenneth Moody "Tuffy" Whitlow (November 30, 1917 – November 12, 1969) was an American football center.

Whitlow was born in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1917 and attended Wichita Falls High School. He played college football for Rice.[1][2] He was selected by the Associated Press as the first-team center on the 1940 All-Southwest Conference football team.[3] He was also the captain of the southern team for the 1940 North–South Shrine Game.[4]

He played professional football in the All-America Football Conference for the Miami Seahawks in 1946. He appeared in a total of 13 professional games, seven of them as a starter.[1]

He died in 1969 in Houston.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ken Whitlow Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  2. ^ "Ken Whitlow Has Last Fling: Wichita Falls Boy to Finish At Rice Today". Times Record-News. December 7, 1940. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Power Is Keynote As A.P. Picks All-S.W. Conference Grid Team". The Brownsville Herald. December 6, 1940 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Ken Whitlow Heads 'Grays': Wichita Falls Boy Named All-Star Co-Captain". Times Record-News. December 26, 1940. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.


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