John Fletcher (fullback)

John Hamilton Fletcher Sr. (March 31, 1901 – June 4, 1977)^[2] was an American college football player.

John Fletcher

Georgia Bulldogs
Position	Fullback
Class	Graduate
Personal information
Born:	(1901-03-31)March 31, 1901 Tifton, Georgia
Died:	June 4, 1977(1977-06-04) (aged 76) Tifton, Georgia[1]
Weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career history
College	Georgia (1921–1924)
Career highlights and awards
All-Southern (1922) Billy Evans's National Honor Roll (1922)

John Fletcher shown starting an end run, which netted 20 yards in a Georgia-Virginia football game on November 10, 1923.

College Football

Fletcher was a prominent fullback for the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia, selected All-Southern in 1922.^[3] Walter Camp gave him honorable mention on his All-America team.^[4] In the game against Tennessee in 1923, one account reads "he rammed the ball almost the entire length of the field on two occasions."^[5] He was elected captain of the 1924 team,^[6] but went down with injury and had his place at captain filled by tackle Jim Taylor.^[7] At Georgia he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega.^[5]