End, Del Monte Pre-Flight (from Tennessee), 1936–⁠43

Bowden Wyatt

Born: Oct 4, 1917, in Kingston, Tennessee
Died: Jan 21, 1969, in Sweetwater, Tennessee

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Bowden Wyatt played end at Tennessee (1936–⁠38) and Del Monte Pre-Flight (1943). He was a consensus All‑American in 1938. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1972.

Honors

Inducted 1972College Football Hall of Fame
1938Consensus All‑American
1938First-team All-SEC

Team titles: National champions, 1938 (Tennessee); SEC champions, 1938

The teams in those years

1936 Tennessee6–⁠2–⁠2No. 17 in the final AP poll
1937 Tennessee6–⁠3–⁠1Unranked at the end
1938 Tennessee11–⁠0No. 2 in the final AP poll; national champions; SEC champions
1943 Del Monte Pre-Flight7–⁠1No. 8 in the final AP poll

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