Albert Hill (American football)

American football player (1896–1969)

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Albert Hill

Hill in 1917
"Buster"

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Position| Quarterback
Class| 1917
Personal information
Born:| (1896-08-12)August 12, 1896
Washington, Georgia, U.S.
Died:| October 13, 1969(1969-10-13) (aged 73)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Height| 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight| 164 lb (74 kg)
Career history
College|

* Georgia Tech (1914–1917)

High school| Washington
Career highlights and awards

* National champion (1917)
* SIAA championship (1916, 1917)
* All-Southern (1917)
* second-team All-American (1917)
* Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame
* Tech All-Era Team (John Heisman Era)

Albert Barnett "Buster" Hill (August 12, 1896 – October 13, 1969)[1] was a college football player.

## Early years

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Albert Barnett Hill was born on August 12, 1896, in Washington, Georgia, to William Meriwether Hill and Susan Montgomery Stokes. He attended Washington High.[2]

## Georgia Tech

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Hill entered the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1913. He was a prominent player for John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football teams. Hill was elected to the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1966.[3]

### 1917

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Hill was the quarterback for Georgia Tech's first national championship team in 1917, which outscored opponents 491 to 17. That year, he received the most carries while leading one of the greatest ever backfields alongside Everett Strupper, Joe Guyon, and Judy Harlan.[4][5][6] Hill led the nation in touchdowns. Sometimes simply referred to as the "diminutive quarterback,"[7] Hill was selected as a second-team All-American at the end of the 1917 season by Jack Veiock, sports editor of the International News Service (INS).[8] Heisman considered the 1917 team the best one he ever coached,[9] and for many years the team was considered the greatest football team the South ever produced.[10]

## See also

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* List of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets starting quarterbacks

## References

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1. ^ The Hills of Wilkes County, Georgia and allied families. Atlanta, Ga., Johnson-Dallis company. 1922. p. 122.
2. ^ https://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/handle/1853/14413/1919compressed.pdf.txt?sequence=24
3. ^ "Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
4. ^ "Georgia Tech's 1917 backfield, better than the Four Horsemen Part 2" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
5. ^ Adam Van Brimmer (2006). Stadium Stories: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Insiders' Guide. p. 7\. ISBN 9780762740208.
6. ^ "Everett Strupper, Tech Immortal, Passes Suddenly". Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine. 28 (4). 1950.
7. ^ O. B. Keeler (1938). Golf In North Carolina. Рипол Классик. ISBN 9785882112003.
8. ^ Jack Veiock (December 11, 1917). "Veiock's All-American Elevens for 1917 Season". Logansport Pharos-Reporter.
9. ^ Adam Van Brimmer (2011). 100 Things Yellow Jackets Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die. Triumph Books. ISBN 9781617495748.
10. ^ Wiley Lee Umphlett (1992). Creating The Big Game. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 141. ISBN 0313284040.

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## External links

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* Albert Hill at Find a Grave

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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets starting quarterbacks

* Stafford Nash (1892)
* John Kimball (1893)
* John E. Smith (1894)
* Wight (1896)
* Manly (1899)
* Maddox (1900)
* Brinson (1902)
* Alfred Monsalvatge (1903)
* Butler (1904–1905)
* Chip Robert (1906, 1908)
* W. H. Hightower (1907)
* T. S. Wilson (1909)
* Piggy Johnson (1910)
* Bill Coleman (1911)
* Alf McDonald (1912–1913)
* Froggie Morrison (1914–1916)
* Al Hill (1917)
* Red Barron (1918)
* Shorty Guill (1919)
* Jack McDonough (1919–1922)
* Pinkey Hunt (1923)
* Fred Moore (1924)
* Ike Williams (1925)
* John Brewer (1926)
* Bob Durant (1927–1928)
* Earl Dunlap (1929–1930)
* Marshall Flowers (1931)
* Roy McArthur (1932)
* Shorty Roberts (1933–1934)
* Fletcher Sims (1935–1937)
* Joe Bartlette (1938)
* Billy Beers (1939)
* Johnny Bosch (1940–1941)
* Pat McHugh (1942)
* Eddie Prokop (1943–1944)
* Ed Holtsinger (1945)
* Frank Broyles (1946)
* Jimmy Southard (1947–1949)
* Darrell Crawfard (1950–1951)
* Bill Brigman (1952–1954)
* Pepper Rodgers (1953–1954)
* Ron Vann (1955–1956)
* Wade Mitchell (1955–1956)
* Fred Braselton (1957–1959)
* Stan Gann (1960–1961)
* Billy Lothridge (1961–1963)
* Jerry Priestly (1964)
* Kim King (1965–1967)
* Larry Good (1968)
* Jack Williams (1969)
* Eddie McAshan (1970–1972)
* Jim Stevens (1973)
* Rudy Allen (1974)
* Danny Myers (1975)
* Gary Lanier (1976–1977)
* Mike Kelley (1978–1981)
* Jim Bob Taylor (1982)
* John Dewberry (1983–1985)
* Rick Strom (1986–1987)
* Darrell Gast (1987)
* Todd Rampley (1988)
* Shawn Jones (1989–1992)
* Donnie Davis (1993, 1995)
* Tom Luginbill (1994)
* Joe Hamilton (1996–1999)
* George Godsey (2000–2001)
* A. J. Suggs (2002)
* Reggie Ball (2003–2006)
* Taylor Bennett (2005–2007)
* Joshua Nesbitt (2008–2010)
* Tevin Washington (2010–2012)
* Vad Lee (2013)
* Justin Thomas (2014–2016)
* Matthew Jordan (2016)
* TaQuon Marshall (2017–2018)
* Tobias Oliver (2018–2019)
* Lucas Johnson (2019)
* James Graham (2019)
* Jeff Sims (2020–2022)
* Jordan Yates (2021)
* Zach Gibson (2022)
* Zach Pyron (2022, 2024)
* Haynes King (2023–2024)

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1916 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football—national champions

* Si Bell
* Walker Carpenter
* Bill Fincher
* Marshall Guill
* Albert Hill
* Bob Lang
* Clarke Mathes
* Froggie Morrison
* Pup Phillips
* Jim Preas
* Jim Senter
* Tommy Spence
* Everett Strupper

* Head coach: John Heisman

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1917 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football—national champions

* Si Bell
* Walker Carpenter
* Ham Dowling
* Bill Fincher
* Marshall Guill
* Joe Guyon
* Judy Harlan
* Albert Hill
* Clarke Mathes
* Pup Phillips
* Everett Strupper
* Ray Ulrich
* Dan Whelchel

* Head coach: John Heisman
* Assistant coach: Charles "Wahoo" Guyon

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1917 College Football All-Southern Team composite selections

Backfield|

* QB Albert Hill
* HB Everett Strupper†
* HB Buck Flowers
* HB Joe Guyon†

Line|

* E Moon Ducote†
* E Alfred T. Adams
* T Walker Carpenter†
* T Bill Fincher†
* G Pete Bonner†
* G Tram Sessions
* C Pup Phillips†

† = Unanimous selection
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