Background
Kirk Newell was born on November 4, 1890 in Dadeville, Alabama to James Wesley Newell and Mary Ella Wise.
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He lettered four years in both, as well as once in each of basketball, track, and soccer. He was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1994. He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team
Newell gained 1,707 yards that year, 46% of the team"s entire offensive output.
And 5,800 yards rushing, 350 yards receiving, and 1,200 yards on punt returns for his career. One writer claims "Auburn had a lot of great football teams, but there may not have been one greater than the -1914 team" 1920 Newell later coached on the Auburn football team upon graduation, and for a short time in the 1920s.
According to David Housel, while in France Newell laid on top of a hand grenade set to explode on a group of people he knew, taking the brunt of the explosion himself. Newell was severely wounded after the act of selflessness.
36 pieces of scrap iron were removed from his body.
Achievements
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Newell was a prominent member of Mike Donahue"s football teams which over his four years from 1910 to 1913, accumulating a win-loss-tie record of 24–4–2 (833) and outscored opponents 639 to 111. 1913 He was captain of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) champion 1913 team Which has been selected as a national champion by various selectors retroactively. Newell received the Distinguished Service Award for his service in the.
Membership
He was a member of an All-time Auburn Tigers football team selected in 1935, put at quarterback, as well as on coach Donahue"s all-time Auburn team At Auburn, he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha.
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American