Fred Sington

Fred Sington

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Alabama Crimson Tide No. 43
Position	Tackle
Class	Graduate
Career history
College	Alabama (1929–1930)
Bowl games	Rose Bowl (1931)
High school	Phillips
Personal information
Date of birth	(1910-02-24)February 24, 1910
Place of birth	Birmingham, Alabama
Date of death
Place of death	Birmingham, Alabama
Height
Weight
Career highlights and awards
National championship (1930) SoCon championship (1930) Consensus All-American (1929, 1930) All-Southern (1929, 1930) AP Southeast All-Time team (1920–1969 era)
College Football Hall of Fame (1955)

Fred Sington
Outfielder
Born: (1910-02-24)February 24, 1910 Birmingham, Alabama
Died: Birmingham, Alabama
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 23, 1934, for the Washington Senators
Last MLB appearance
June 16, 1939, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
MLB statistics
Batting average	.271
Home runs	7
Runs batted in	85
Teams
Washington Senators (1934–1937) Brooklyn Dodgers (1938–1939)

Frederic William Sington (February 24, 1910 – August 20, 1998) was an American football and baseball player. Sington was also an accomplished saxophonist.

College football

Sington was a prominent tackle for Wallace Wade's Alabama Crimson Tide football teams. While in college he was a member of the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity, Psi chapter at the University of Alabama. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955. Sington was chosen for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1920–1969 era.

1930

In 1930, a year in which Alabama won the national championship and Sington was an All-American, Rudy Vallée wrote a song about Sington, entitled "Football Freddie", that would go on to become a nationwide hit.

Baseball

He would also play professional baseball as an outfielder with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Washington Senators.

Death and burial

He is buried in Birmingham's Elmwood Cemetery.

References

• Groom, Winston. The Crimson Tide – An Illustrated History. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8173-1051-7.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Fred Sington at Find a Grave
• Fred Sington at the College Football Hall of Fame