Yank Tandy

Yank Tandy
Position: Center
Personal information
Date of birth: (1893-11-27)November 27, 1893
Place of birth: Franklin, Illinois
Date of death: May 11, 1969(1969-05-11) (aged 75)
Place of death: Springfield, Illinois
Career information
College: University of North Carolina
Career history
Career highlights and awards

Honors

George Wendell "Yank" Tandy (November 27, 1893 – May 11, 1969)[1] was an American football center in the National Football League. He played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina, and was selected All-Southern.[2] One Dr. R. B. Lawson picked Tandy as a center on his all-time North Carolina football team.[3]

References

  1. "George Tandy".
  2. Dick Jemison (November 30, 1915). "Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution.
  3. "'All-Time' UNC Teams Compared". Carolina Alumni Review: 14. December 1969.


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