Edwin Hunt

For the Thames waterman, see Edwin Hunt (waterman).
Edwin Francis Hunt
Born(1902-07-09)July 9, 1902
Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedApril 11, 1981(1981-04-11) (aged 78)
Alma materVanderbilt University
OccupationAssistant Attorney General
Known forUS checkers champion in 1934

Edwin Francis Hunt (July 9, 1902 – April 11, 1981) was an American draughts, or checkers, player who spent most of his life in Nashville. He was US champion in 1934.[1]

His career was as a lawyer and as such he gained recognition as an appellate advocate[2] and rose to the rank of Assistant Attorney General.[3] He had studied at Vanderbilt University where he won the Founder's Medal twice.[4]

References

  1. ^ North Carolina Checker Association page
  2. ^ Alfred H. Knight (November 2007). Tribulations and Trials: The Education of a Young Lawyer. iUniverse. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-595-47281-9.
  3. ^ "Tennessee Bar Association". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
  4. ^ Two lawyers who influenced the Nashville Bar by Ed Bryant in the Jackson Sun