Buck Flowers

Buck Flowers
	Flowers in 1920
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Position	Halfback
Class	1920
Personal information
Born:	March 26, 1899; Sumter, South Carolina, U.S.
Died:	April 8, 1983 (aged 84); Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	155 lb (70 kg)
Career history
College	Davidson (1917); Georgia Tech (1918–1920);
High school	Sumter
Career highlights and awards
	2× SIAA champion (1918, 1920); Second-team All-American (1918); Third-team All-American (1920); 3× All-Southern (1917, 1919, 1920); AP Southeast All-Time team (1869–1919 era); Tech All-Era Team (William Alexander Era);
	College Football Hall of Fame (1955)

Allen Ralph "Buck" Flowers, Jr. (March 26, 1899 – April 8, 1983) was an American college football player who was a halfback for the Davidson Wildcats football team of Davidson College in 1917 and for the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team of the Georgia School of Technology in 1918, 1919 and 1920.

A triple threat, Flowers also handled punting and drop kicks. Coach William Alexander said Flowers was the best punter Tech ever had and the best back he ever coached,^[1] calling him "pound for pound, my greatest player". As a safety on defense, no player ever got past Flowers for a touchdown.^[2]

In 1955, he became the first Georgia Tech football player to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Flowers was also selected as a halfback on an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869–1919 era.^[3]

^ Cite error: The named reference cast was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Walter Coxe (1953). "The Tornado of '20". Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine. 32 (2): 22.
^ "All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present". Gadsden Times. July 27, 1969.