Charlie Timmons

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

Charlie Timmons
	Timmons at Clemson in 1941
No. 22
Position:	Fullback
Personal information
Born:	February 8, 1917; Piedmont, South Carolina, U.S.
Died:	March 27, 1996 (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:
Games played:	13
Rushing attempts:	23
Rushing yards:	65
	Player stats at NFL.com

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[edit]

^ 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.

External links[edit]

Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
Charlie Timmons at Find a Grave

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[cbgcly-1] Snider, Steve (January 2, 1940). "Cotton Bowl game costly". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). United Press. p. 14.

[cubcerg-2] "Clemson upsets Boston College". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 2, 1940. p. 2.

[3] 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.

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