Don Zimmerman (halfback)

Don Zimmerman

Zimmerman depicted on a football card in the 1950s
Tulane Green Wave No. 18
Position	Halfback
Class	Graduate
Career history
College	Tulane (1929–1933)
Bowl games	Rose Bowl (1932)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1913-01-19)January 19, 1913
Place of birth	Texas
Date of death	May 25, 1974(1974-05-25) (aged 61)
Place of death	Shreveport, Louisiana
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	176 lb (80 kg)
Career highlights and awards
SoCon championship (1929, 1930, 1931) All-American (1931, 1932) All-Southern (1930, 1931, 1932) SEC pole-vault championship (1933) Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame

Donald Gordon Zimmerman Jr. (January 19, 1913 – May 25, 1974), nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman", was an American football player and track and field athlete for the Tulane Green Wave of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Donald Gordon Zimmerman Jr. was born on January 19, 1913 in Texas to Donald G. and Madeline Zimmerman. Don, Jr. grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Zimmerman was a "triple-threat" player as a runner, passer, and kicker on coach Bernie Bierman's and Tex Cox's Tulane football teams from 1929 to 1932. His first three years saw three Southern Conference championships. Zimmerman led the Green Wave to a win-loss-tie record of 25–4–1 (.850). Tulane football legend Jerry Dalrymple started playing the season before.

The 1930 team lost only to Northwestern, Zimmerman scoring the first touchdown in the 28 to 0 victory over Georgia Tech. He also ran a punt back 69 yards against Mississippi A&M. The 1930 team was Southern co-champion with national champion Alabama.