Herb Davis (American football)
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Piqua, Ohio, U.S.
Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
.jpg) Herb Davis, 1921 | |
| Profile | |
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| Positions | Back, End |
| Personal information | |
| Born | November 12, 1899 Piqua, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | January 9, 1997 (aged 97) Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Listed weight | 173 lb (78 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Middletown (OH) |
| College | Xavier |
| Career history | |
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Herbert Allan Davis (November 12, 1899 – January 9, 1997) was an American football player.
Davis was born in Piqua, Ohio, in 1899. He attended Middletown High School in Ohio.[1]
St. Xavier
Davis declined a contract to play professional baseball for the Detroit Tigers and instead enrolled at St. Xavier College (later renamed Xavier University) of Cincinnati.[2] He played college football as a halfback for St. Xavier from 1920 to 1923.[1][3][4] By 1921, he had become known as "the wonder boy" of the Xavier football team.[5] The Centre College athletic director called Davis the best all-around halfback that he and Centre's coach had seen.[6] The Cincinnati Post in 1922 selected Davis as the best of Cincinnati's athletes.[7] As a senior in 1922, he scored 41 of St. Xavier's 87 points.[8]
While at St. Xavier, Davis also played baseball and basketball and was captain of the baseball and basketball teams.[2]