John Edgerton
| John Edgerton | |
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Edgerton at Vanderbilt c. 1902
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John Emmett Edgerton October 2, 1879 Johnston County, North Carolina |
| Died | August 4, 1938 (aged 58) |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt |
| Occupation | Industrialist |
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| Vanderbilt Commodores | |
| Position | Fullback/Guard |
| Career history | |
| College |
Cumberland (1896) Vanderbilt (1899–1903) |
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John Emmett Edgerton (October 2, 1879 – August 4, 1938) was an industrialist who gained prominence as the president of the National Association of Manufacturers from 1921 to 1931. Edgerton was also an All-Southern college football fullback for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University.
Edgerton was born on October 2, 1879 in Johnston County, North Carolina to Gabriel Griffin Edgerton and his wife Harriet Copeland but moved to Lebanon, Tennessee, to join his older brother, Howard K. Edgerton, a physician, in 1896. He attended Cumberland University for prep school and his first year of college. After receiving the Wilson County Cartmell scholarship, he went to Vanderbilt University, earning an A.B. in 1902 and an M.A in 1903.
He played at Cumberland as a guard in 1896.
Edgerton was a prominent member of the Vanderbilt football team. Edgerton was captain of the 1901 team. W. A. Reynolds in the Atlanta Constitution selected Edgerton for his All-Southern team in 1902, and he was selected a second team fullback on an All-Time Vandy Team published in 1912, behind Owsley Manier. Edgerton was called by one contemporary writer "one of the best backs yet produced in Dixie."
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