Donald Nichols
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California Golden Bears | |
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Position | Halfback |
Career history | |
College | California (1921–1923) |
Bowl games | Rose Bowl (1922) |
High school | Pomona |
Personal information | |
Date of birth | October 17, 1901 |
Place of birth | California |
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
Place of death | Orange County, California |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Donald Penfield Nichols (October 17, 1901 – March 14, 1978) was a college football player and attorney from Pomona, California. [1]
Early years
Nichols was born in California on October 17, 1901 to Allen P. Nichols and Elizabeth Adgate.[2]
University of California, Berkeley
Nichols attended Pomona high school.[3] He was a prominent running back for Andy Smith's California Golden Bears. He was twice selected All-Pacific Coast,[4] and made Billy Evans's "National Honor Roll" in 1922.[5] Nichols was the star of the 45–7 victory over Washington.[6] He was elected captain of the 1923 team[7][8] as well as the representative of his class to the executive board.[9] Nichols was one of the players who left with coach Smith on a scouting trip to Stanford in Palo Alto as the Bears were tied by Nevada.[10]
References
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- ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8NJ-BZJ : accessed 9 January 2016), Donald Penfield Nichols and Beatrice I Butterfield, 24 Jul 1926; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,649.
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