Alexis Corydon Hobson (February 25, 1880 – October 20, 1960) was an American

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player.

University of Virginia

Hobson was a prominent end for the

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of the

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1900

Hobson was selected All-Southern in

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. Virginia claims a Southern championship that year. The team gave

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its first loss in three years by a score of 17 to 5, Hobson once saving a touchdown by tackling

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Henry Seibels Henry Goldthwaite "Ditty" Seibels (August 22, 1876 – September 29, 1967) was a prominent American college football and baseball player and golfer for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South, a small Episcopal school in the ...

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* 1880 births 1960 deaths American football ends Virginia Cavaliers football players All-Southern college football players Players of American football from Richmond, Virginia {{collegefootball-player-stub