John Kimbrough
John Alec Kimbrough (born June 14, 1918 in Haskell , Texas , † May 8, 2006 ) was an American football player and actor .
Kimbrough attended Abilene High School and then Texas A&M , where he played fullback on the football team for three seasons . When he won the Sugar Bowl in 1939 for the national championship against Tulane , he got two touchdowns, another the following year. In 1941 he was drafted as the second player by the Chicago Cardinals .
In 1942 he was hired by 20th Century Fox for two films as Lone Ranger (based on the stories by Zane Gray ), where he succeeded George Montgomery in the title role . It was his only foray into the film business. During World War II, Kimbrough was a member of the Army Air Corps and was a member of the Army Football All-Star Team, which played for charity.
After the war, he signed a contract with the Los Angeles Dons in 1946 , which ran into the AAFC , which had recently been founded . After three seasons, Kimbrough returned to his hometown with his wife, whom he married in 1941, and worked on their own ranch. From 1953 to 1955 he was briefly in politics as a member of the Texan Parliament.
Awards
- 1954: College Football Hall of Fame
- 1958: Texas Sports Hall of Fame
Web links
- John Kimbrough in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography at B-Westerns
- Kimbroughs football stats as a professional
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kimbrough, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kimbrough, John Alec (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haskell , Texas |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 2006 |
| Place of death | Haskell , Texas |