Jack Lummus
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1915-10-22
Ellis County, United StatesDied
1945-03-08
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Tight End
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6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
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194 lb (88 kg)
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Andrew Jackson Lummus Jr. (October 22, 1915 – March 8, 1945) was an American professional football player and an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was a two-sport athlete at Baylor University. Lummus played as an end for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He fought, and died, at the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II and received the Medal of Honor for his valor.
Biography
He was born in Ellis County, Texas on a cotton farm. He was the youngest child and only son of four born to Andrew Jackson Lummus Sr., and Laura Francis Lummus.
He attended Ennis High School from September 1931 through May 1934, where he was a star in football and track. He received all-district honors for football in his sophomore and junior years. He dropped out before the end of his senior year due to the views of his family that the cost of graduating, such as buying a picture and gown, were too wasteful considering the ongoing Depression. This may also have been affected by a case of influenza he contracted. He finished his high school education at Texas Military College on a two-year sports scholarship and won all-conference honors for his participation in football.
He graduated on May 28, 1937, receiving scholarship offers from Baylor University and Tulane University. He enrolled at Baylor on September 14, 1937. There, he was an All-Southwest Conference center fielder for three years and an outstanding end on the football team. Those three years, the Bears finished third in baseball, and Lummus was considered to be the best center fielder that had ever played for Baylor.
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