Ham Dowling

James Hamilton "Ham" Dowling (November 12, 1895 – January 28, 1986) was an American college football player and once chief engineer of the Florida State Highway Commission.

Ham Dowling

Dowling at Florida
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Position	Tackle/Guard
Class	Graduate
Personal information
Born:	(1895-11-12)November 12, 1895 Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Died:	January 28, 1986(1986-01-28) (aged 90) Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career history
College	Florida (1915) Georgia Tech (1917–1919)
High school	Duval
Career highlights and awards
National champion (1917) SIAA championship (1917, 1918) All-Southern (1919)

University of Florida

Dowling played for the Florida Gators of the University of Florida in 1915.^[1]

Georgia Tech

He then transferred to the Georgia Institute of Technology and played for John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado.^[2] He was a member of the ANAK Society and Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.

1917

Dowling was a member of Georgia Tech's first national championship team in 1917, which outscored opponents 491 to 17.

Florida State Highway Commission

He was once appointed chief engineer of the Florida State Highway Commission in 1933, and served in that capacity until 1946.^[3] He was again chief engineer in 1954.^[4]