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American football player

Malcolm Aitken
Tennessee Volunteers – No. 11
PositionTackle
Personal information
Born:February 22, 1911
Memphis, Tennessee
Died:April 24, 1981 (aged 70)
Marion, Illinois
Weight202 lb (92 kg)
Career history
College
Career highlights and awards

Malcolm Aitken (February 22, 1911 – April 24, 1981) was an American college football player.

University of Tennessee

Aitken was a prominent tackle for coach Robert Neyland's Tennessee Volunteers football teams from 1930 to 1932, captain of the 1932 team. After learning coach Neyland's mother had died, Aitken organized a secret meeting with the team, and vowing to "go out and pay a debt of respect and gratitude to one of the greatest coaches football has ever known." The Vols later defeated Florida 32–13. Aitken was selected All-Southern by The Anniston Star. He earned the Torchbearer award in 1933.

Personal life

Aitken married Dorothy Wright on September 24, 1934.

References

  1. "Malcom Aitken". The Southern Illinoisan. Carbondale, Illinois. April 26, 1981. p. 15. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  2. Guerard, Albert (October 13, 1932). "Tennessee U's Great Football Record Menaced: Loss Of Veterans Is BLow". The Stanford Daily. Vol. 82, no. 9. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  3. McMinn, Ed (July 24, 2007). God Bless the Vols: Devotions for the Die-Hard Tennessee Fan. ISBN 9781416541899.
  4. "This N That". The Anniston Star. November 23, 1932. p. 8. Archived from the original on January 15, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. "Knotts' Deeds Lead To Torchbearer Award". University of Tennessee Athletics. April 10, 2012. Archived from the original on January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  6. "Torchbearers – Alphabetical Order". UTK.edu. Archived from the original on November 8, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  7. "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790–1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH7-3SFM Archived September 30, 2015, at the Wayback Machine : accessed September 29, 2015), Malcolm Aitken and Dorothy Irene Wright, 1934.
  8. "Former Vol To Wed". Herald-Journal. September 7, 1934. Archived from the original on October 8, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015 – via Google News.


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