Malcolm Aitken

American football player

Malcolm Aitken
Tennessee Volunteers – No. 11
PositionTackle
Personal information
Born:February 22, 1911
Memphis, Tennessee
Died:April 24, 1981 (aged 70)
Marion, Illinois
Weight202 lb (92 kg)
Career history
College
  • Tennessee (1930–1932)
Career highlights and awards

Malcolm Aitken (February 22, 1911 – April 24, 1981) was an American college football player.[1]

University of Tennessee

Aitken was a prominent tackle for coach Robert Neyland's Tennessee Volunteers football teams from 1930 to 1932, captain of the 1932 team.[2] After learning coach Neyland's mother had died, Aitken organized a secret meeting with the team, and vowing to "go out and pay a debt of respect and gratitude to one of the greatest coaches football has ever known." The Vols later defeated Florida 32–13.[3] Aitken was selected All-Southern by The Anniston Star.[4] He earned the Torchbearer award in 1933.[5][6]

Personal life

Aitken married Dorothy Wright on September 24, 1934.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Malcom Aitken". The Southern Illinoisan. Carbondale, Illinois. April 26, 1981. p. 15. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  2. ^ Guerard, Albert (October 13, 1932). "Tennessee U's Great Football Record Menaced: Loss Of Veterans Is BLow". The Stanford Daily. Vol. 82, no. 9. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  3. ^ McMinn, Ed (July 24, 2007). God Bless the Vols: Devotions for the Die-Hard Tennessee Fan. ISBN 9781416541899.
  4. ^ "This N That". The Anniston Star. November 23, 1932. p. 8. Archived from the original on January 15, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Knotts' Deeds Lead To Torchbearer Award". University of Tennessee Athletics. April 10, 2012. Archived from the original on January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  6. ^ "Torchbearers – Alphabetical Order". UTK.edu. Archived from the original on November 8, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  7. ^ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790–1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH7-3SFM Archived September 30, 2015, at the Wayback Machine : accessed September 29, 2015), Malcolm Aitken and Dorothy Irene Wright, 1934.
  8. ^ "Former Vol To Wed". Herald-Journal. September 7, 1934. Archived from the original on October 8, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015 – via Google News.
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