Fatty Lawrence

Fatty Lawrence
Born(1903-05-06)May 6, 1903
DiedAugust, 1976 (aged 73)
Occupation(s)head of Nashville’s Water and Sewerage Services Department
College football career
Vanderbilt Commodores – No. 19; 15
PositionGuard
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career history
CollegeVanderbilt (1921–1924)
High schoolHume-Fogg
Career highlights and awards
  • SIAA championship (1921)
  • SoCon championship (1922, 1923)

Robert Landy "Fatty" Lawrence (May 6, 1903 – August, 1976)[1] was a college football player who went on to become the superintendent of Nashville’s Water and Sewerage Services Department from 1932 to 1971;[2][3][4] namesake of the Robert L. Lawrence Jr., Filtration Plant. He was the father of United States Navy vice admiral William P. Lawrence and the grandfather of NASA astronaut Wendy Lawrence.

  1. ^ "Family Search".
  2. ^ "Nashville > Water Services > About Us > History > Superintendents and Directors".
  3. ^ Rob Simbeck (August 1, 1996). "One Soldier's Story".
  4. ^ Robert L. Lawrence Jr. (1939). "Cross-Connection Elimination in Nashville". Journal of the American Water Works Association. 31 (6): 977. doi:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1939.tb12834.x.