Red Barron

Red Barron
Barron running behind Judy Harlan
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
PositionHalfback
Class1922
Personal information
Born:(1900-06-21)June 21, 1900
Clarkesville, Georgia, U.S.
Died:October 4, 1982(1982-10-04) (aged 82)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career history
College
Career highlights and awards

David Irenus "Red" Barron (June 21, 1900 – October 4, 1982) was an American football and baseball player. Barron was a three-sport letterwinner at the Georgia Institute of Technology.[1] In football, he was named second or third team All American twice, first-team All-Southern four times, and was an inductee to Tech's Hall of Fame and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.[2][3] He was also twice an All-Southern baseball player at Tech. His brother was Carter Barron.

  1. ^ "Red Barron". beesball.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2006. Retrieved March 14, 2007.
  2. ^ "Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame". RamblinWreck.com. Georgia Tech Athletic Association. Archived from the original on September 18, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2007.
  3. ^ "Who's Who of Georgia High School Football (Pre-1948)". Georgia High School. Retrieved September 10, 2007.