David William "Gump" Ariail (December 29, 1910 – February 10, 2001) was a

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

player.

College football

Arial was an All-Southern

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for the

Auburn Tigers The Auburn Tigers are the athletic teams representing Auburn University, a public four-year coeducational university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. The Auburn Tigers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Associa ...

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. He was a teammate of

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inductee

Jimmy Hitchcock James Franklin Hitchcock Jr. (June 28, 1911 – July 23, 1959) was an American college football player and Major League Baseball player during the Depression Era. Hitchcock played for the Auburn Tigers football team of Auburn University (then Al ...

. One source writes "Other than Jimmy Hitchcock, back, and "Gump" Arial, end, Auburn has no outstanding players." He was selected

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n by the "captain's poll," selected by the

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s of major college football programs.

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* American football ends All-Southern college football players Auburn Tigers football players All-American college football players 1910 births 2001 deaths Players of American football from Birmingham, Alabama {{collegefootball-player-stub