Herb Covington
"Flash" Covington c. 1921
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| Position | Quarterback / Running back |
| Class | Graduate |
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| College | Centre (1921–1924) |
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| High school | Mayfield Castle Heights |
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| Date of birth | October 16, 1902 |
| Place of birth | Mayfield, Kentucky |
| Date of death | January 1, 1990 (aged 87) |
| Place of death | Aurora, Ohio |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Weight | 158 lb (72 kg) |
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Herbert Hunt "Flash" Covington (October 16, 1902 – January 1, 1990), also called "The Mayfield Flash", was an American football, basketball, and baseball player for the Centre Praying Colonels of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.
Covington spent a year at Mayfield High and two at Castle Heights Military Academy.
Covington was a prominent running back for coaches Charley Moran and Robert L. Myers's Centre Colonels from 1921 to 1924, chosen as a running back on Centre's all-time football team in 1935.
Covington played at halfback during the 6–0 victory over Harvard.Bo McMillin threw a touchdown to Covington in the 1922 Dixie Classic which Centre lost to Texas A&M.
Taking over for McMillin at quarterback the following season, Covington did not miss a minute of play over the next three years. He was selected All-Southern in 1922. That year Covington kicked a then record six straight drop-kicked field goals in the victory over Louisville. In a rematch with Harvard, a 24 to 10 loss, "Covington, the Centre quarterback, was responsible for most of the scoring in the game; he kicked Centre's goal from the field, and through Roberts's assistance, made Centre's touchdown; his errors led to the Harvard scores also." He was selected All-American in 1922 by Billy Evans and was on Norman E. Brown's second team. In 1924 he was selected as a third-team All-American by Davis J. Walsh of the International News Service. Athletic trainer Alfred Doneghy said Covington was the best runner Centre ever had.
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