Hunter Kimball

Hunter Kimball
Mississippi State Bulldogs
PositionHalfback/End
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1893-07-14)July 14, 1893
Jackson, Mississippi, US
Died:May 29, 1972(1972-05-29) (aged 78)
Gulfport, Mississippi, US
Weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career history
CollegeMississippi A&M (1911–1914)
Career highlights and awards

Hunter Hudson Kimball (July 14, 1893 – May 29, 1972) was a college football player and the first Executive Director of the Mississippi Game and Fish Commission.

Mississippi State

Kimball was a prominent running back for the Mississippi A & M Aggies of Mississippi A & M University. His playing in the 1911 Egg Bowl, then his position was at end, was cited as 'superb' by the Commercial Appeal.[1] That year Mississippi A & M was invited to its first postseason bowl game, the Bacardi Bowl in Havana, Cuba.[1] He received the most votes of any All-Southern halfback in 1914.[2][3] He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.[4]

Fish and Game Commission

He was the first Executive Director of the Mississippi Game and Fish Commission,[5][6] appointed to the position in 1932.

Family life

His son Hunter, Jr. was a casualty of the Korean War.

References

  1. ^ a b William G. Barner (2010). The Egg Bowl: Mississippi State Vs. Ole Miss. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 40. ISBN 9781617030741.
  2. ^ Spalding's Official Football Guide. NCAA. 1915.
  3. ^ John Wendell Bailey (1947). "1". The M Book of Athletics, Mississippi a and M College. 2: 40.
  4. ^ "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
  5. ^ "Celebrating Conservation". Archived from the original on December 13, 2014.
  6. ^ William H. Turcotte (1999). Birds of Mississippi. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 18. ISBN 9781578061105.