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{{short description|American college football player and politician}}
{{for|the politician|Robert McWhorter}}
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{{Infobox college football player
| name = Bob McWhorter
| image = BobMcWhorter.jpg
| caption = Bob McWhorter College Hall of Fame photo
| pastschools =
*[[Gordon Military College|Gordon]] (1909)
* [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]] (1910–1913)
| currentposition = [[Halfback (American football)|Halfback]]
| currentnumber = 36
| nickname =
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 180
| class = Graduate
| school = Georgia Bulldogs
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1891|6|4|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lexington, Georgia]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1960|6|29|1891|6|4|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Athens, Georgia]], U.S.
| highschool =
| highlights =
* First-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1913 College Football All-America Team|1913]])
* 4× [[College Football All-Southern Team|All-Southern]] ([[1910 College Football All-Southern Team|1910]]–[[1913 College Football All-Southern Team|1913]])
* [[Associated Press|AP]] Southeast All-Time team (1869–1919 era)
* [[Georgia Sports Hall of Fame]] (1964)
| CFBHOF_id = 1312
| CFBHOF_year = 1954
}}

'''Robert Ligon McWhorter''' (June 4, 1891 – June 29, 1960) played [[American football|football]] and [[baseball]] at the [[University of Georgia]].

==Early life==
Bob McWhorter was born on June 4, 1891 in [[Lexington, Georgia]]. 

=== Gordon ===
McWhorter attended [[Gordon Military College]] in [[Barnesville, Georgia]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cxziB-y0NQcC&pg=PT32|title=Echoes of Georgia Football: The Greatest Stories Ever Told|last=Books|first=Triumph|date=September 1, 2006|publisher=Triumph Books|isbn=9781617490484|language=en}}</ref> He played football and baseball there under coach [[W. A. Cunningham|Alex Cunningham]]. Their baseball team came up to [[Athens, Georgia]] and won 11&ndash;0. University of Georgia (UGA) athletic chairman Dr. [[S. V. Sanford]] hired Cunningham that same day, and McWhorter followed.

==University of Georgia==
He was a member of [[Chi Phi]] fraternity, [[Phi Kappa Literary Society]], and [[Phi Beta Kappa]] at the University of Georgia.   In his senior year, McWhorter was the captain of both the baseball and football teams,

=== Football ===
As a [[running back|halfback]], he scored 61 touchdowns from [[1910 Georgia Bulldogs football team|1910]] to [[1913 Georgia Bulldogs football team|1913]].  In 1913, McWhorter became UGA’s first [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] when he was selected by [[Parke  H. Davis]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Spalding's Official Football Guide |year=1914|page=21|url=https://archive.org/stream/officialnational06nati#page/21/mode/1up/search/hogsett}}</ref>  Sportswriter [[Dick Jemison]] said "When you mention football to an Athens fan its definition is Bob McWhorter, and vice-versa."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-bob-mwhorter/168238296/|title=Bob M'Whorter|page=9|date=October 5, 1913|work=Atlanta Constitution|via=newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref>
During the [[First World War]], McWhorter was captain of the [[1917 Camp Gordon football team]].

==== Legacy ====
In 1915, McWhorter was the last selected for Heisman's 30 greatest Southern football players.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053729/1915-03-19/ed-6/seq-11/print/image_681x791_from_0,0_to_5555,6455/|date=March 19, 1915|title=Dixie's Football Hall of Fame|author=J. W. Heisman|work=Atlanta Georgian}}</ref> He made an all-time Georgia Bulldogs football team picked in 1935.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16313coll13/id/215 |title=All-Time All-Star Team |author=George Trevor |journal=Tulane University Football Program-The Greenie; Georgia Vs. Tulane}}</ref> Bob McWhorter was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1954.  He was inducted in the [[Georgia Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1964. McWhorter was chosen for an ''Associated Press'' Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869–1919 era.<ref name="allse">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19690727&id=2eRGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2256,3526388 |newspaper=Gadsden Times |date=July 27, 1969 |title=All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present}}</ref>

===Baseball===

Although he was offered a professional baseball contract, he instead chose to study law at the [[University of Virginia]].

==Attorney==
After becoming an attorney, he returned to Athens, Georgia to practice law.  He was a four-term mayor of Athens (1940–1947) and a law professor at Georgia from 1923 to 1958.  He died in Athens, on June 29, 1960, at the age of 69.{{Citation needed |date=March 2021}}

==See also==
* [[List of mayors of Athens, Georgia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{College Football HoF|1312|Bob McWhorter}}

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