George LeGrande Watkins (June 8, 1886 – March 14, 1962) was an American

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player and coach and the

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from 1930 to 1932. In 1959, Watkins was made chairman of the Tulsa County Excise Board by the Oklahoma Tax Commission.

Sewanee

Watkins was a prominent center for the

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teams of Sewanee: The University of the South, a small Episcopal school in the mountains of

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. He thrice made All-Southern. Watkins was unanimously selected

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of the 1906 team. He is the second-team center on Sewanee's all-time team, behind

Frank Juhan Francis Alexander "June" Juhan (April 27, 1887 – December 31, 1967) was an American football player and coach as well as an Episcopal bishop. He played center for the Sewanee Tigers football team and was the first roving linebacker in the Sout ...

. At Sewanee he was a member of the

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fraternity.

Louisiana Tech

Watkins was an athletic coach instructor in math and history at Louisiana Industrial Institute—now known as

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during the 1907–08 year. As football coach, he led the

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to a record of 9–1. He was also the school's baseball coach in the spring of 1908.

Head coaching record

Football

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