Jack McDowall
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| Biographical details | |
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| Born | June 26, 1905 Micanopy, Florida |
| Died | May 25, 1969 (aged 63) Winter Park, Florida |
| Alma mater | North Carolina A&M |
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| 1924–1927 | North Carolina A&M |
| Position(s) | Halfback, quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1929–1940 | Rollins |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1929–1957 | Rollins |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 SoCon (as player, 1927) 1 SIAA (as coach, 1940) |
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| Awards | |
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All-Southern (1927) SoCon high jump record 1925-1931 NC State Athletic Hall of Fame 2x Norris Cup recipient (1925, 1926) |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1975 (profile) |
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John Witherspoon "Jack" McDowall (June 26, 1905 – May 25, 1969) known as "Spindle Legs" was an American football, baseball, basketball player and track athlete for the North Carolina A&M Wolfpack - now known as North Carolina State University. McDowall was recognized as an All-Southern football player in 1927. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975 - becoming the first player from NC State to be inducted.
Jack McDowall was born on June 26, 1905 in Micanopy, Florida to J. W. McDowall and M. D. Younglove. Jack played high school ball in Gainesville, Florida then at Rockingham HS in North Carolina. He took both schools to appearances in the state championship game. After having starred at Gainesville, he was deemed too small to ever get a scholarship to the University of Florida even though he was some 6 feet 1 inch tall. At a Gainesville pool hall J.B. "Shorty" Lawrence, a Floridian coaching in NC, walked in and offered him the chance to play at Rockingham for $25 a week, eventually leading to his chance to play for NC State.
McDowall won 11 letters at A&M. He was named the top athlete in the first half-century of NC State Athletics. McDowall is the only man to twice win the Norris Cup, and once held the North Carolina state record in the high jump. McDowall is the only man to twice win the Norris Cup, and once held the North Carolina state record in the high jump.
He is best known as North Carolina State's first All-Southern running back, and its first inductee to the College Football Hall of Fame.
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