Charlie Timmons

American football player (1917–1996)

American football player

Charlie Timmons

Timmons at Clemson in 1941

No. 22

Position:

Fullback

Personal information

Born:

(1917-02-08)February 8, 1917
Piedmont, South Carolina, U.S.

Died:

March 27, 1996(1996-03-27) (aged 79)
Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.

Height:

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Weight:

210 lb (95 kg)

Career information

High school:

Abbeville (SC)

College:

Clemson
Georgia

NFL draft:

1942 / Round: 19 / Pick: 176
(by the Washington Redskins)

Career history

Brooklyn Dodgers (1946)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	13
Rushing attempts:	23
Rushing yards:	65

Charles Truman Timmons (February 8, 1917 – March 27, 1996) was an American football fullback in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He played college football at the University of Georgia and Clemson College; as a sophomore at the 1940 Cotton Bowl, he rushed for 127 yards and scored the only touchdown in the 6–3 Clemson win.^[1]^[2]

Timmons was selected in the nineteenth round of the 1942 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins, but instead joined the U.S. Navy. During training, he played for the Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football team.^[3]

References

^ Snider, Steve (January 2, 1940). "Cotton Bowl game costly". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). United Press. p. 14.
^ "Clemson upsets Boston College". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 2, 1940. p. 2.
^ Jones, Wilbur D. Jr. (2009). "Football! Navy! War!" how military "lend-lease" players saved the college game and helped win World War II. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-7864-5416-7.