Hunter Hudson Kimball (July 14, 1893 – May 29, 1972) was a
college football
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Unlike most ...
player and the first Executive Director of the Mississippi Game and Fish Commission.
Mississippi State
Kimball was a prominent
running back
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for the
Mississippi A & M Aggies of
Mississippi A & M University. His playing in the 1911
Egg Bowl
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, then his position was at
end
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, was cited as 'superb' by the ''
Commercial Appeal
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''.
That year Mississippi A & M was invited to its first postseason bowl game, the
Bacardi Bowl
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in
Havana, Cuba
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[ He received the most votes of any All-Southern halfback in ]1914
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.
Fish and Game Commission
He was the first Executive Director of the Mississippi Game and Fish Commission,
Family life
His son Hunter, Jr. was a casualty of the Korean War
, date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...
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References
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1893 births
1972 deaths
Players of American football from Jackson, Mississippi
American football ends
American football halfbacks
Mississippi State Bulldogs football players
All-Southern college football players
American conservationists