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Auburn University.
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Boozer Pitts
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He served as the head football coach at Auburn University from 1923 to 1924 and again for the final seven games of the 1927 season, compiling a career record of 7–11–6. He was also a professor of mathematics at Auburn in the 1930s. A native of Pittsville, Pitts was a prominent center for coach Mike Donahue"s Auburn Tigers football team in 1913 and 1914.
He entered Auburn at the age of 15, having only read about football.
One writer claims "Auburn had a lot of great football teams, but there may not have been one greater than the 1913–1914 team"
Pitts later served as a colonel in the United States during World World War World War II In late 1958, he had his larynx removed during surgery for cancer.
Membership
Pitts was selected All-Southern and was a member of an All-time Auburn Tigers football team selected in 1935, as well as coach Donahue"s all-time Auburn team
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