(1915-03-14)March 14, 1915 Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
Died:
by March 5, 1944(1944-03-05) (aged 28) Rabaul, New Britain
Height
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight
172 lb (78 kg)
Career history
College
Florida (1934–1937)
High school
Mainland (Daytona Beach, Florida)
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-SEC (1937)
Second-team All-SEC (1936)
University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame
Florida Sports Hall of Fame (1964)
Walter Thomas "Tiger" Mayberry (March 14, 1915 – by March 5, 1944) was an American college football player, and later a U.S. Marine Corps fighter pilot. Mayberry was a casualty of World War II; dying in a Japanese prisoner of war camp after his plane was shot down.[1]
Mayberry was a prominent running back for the University of Florida's Florida Gators football team.[2] A triple-threat man,[3] he also passed and punted. When punting he excelled at placing balls in the "coffin corner."[4] As was typical in the 1930s, he played both offense and defense, posting multiple school records for interceptions.[5] Mayberry was selected as a sixth round pick of the 1938 NFL Draft, but never played in the NFL. He was the first Gator drafted into the league.[6][7]
^Jim Folsom (August 5, 2014). "Athletes Who Played Their Part in WWII". Archived from the original on May 29, 2015.
^"All-American Team Selected". Washington C. H. Record-Herald. December 4, 1937. p. 9. Archived from the original on December 6, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^John Wilds (September 14, 1937). "Josh Cody Builds For Next Season". The Evening Independent.
^William J. Tucker (November 30, 1937). "Alabama Gets Three Places on S. E. Eleven". Anniston Star. p. 8. Retrieved June 11, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
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on the television comedy The Andy Griffith Show and Millie Swanson on Mayberry R.F.D., and often portrayed bubbly, eccentric blondes in supporting character...
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Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2009. Mayberry, Carly (November 13, 2007). "The Vine: Pitt targeted for 'Pinkville'"....
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Year Round Pick Overall Player Team Position Ref 1938 8 1 61 WalterMayberry Cleveland Rams B 1940 5 3 33 Clark Goff Pittsburgh Steelers T 1941 7 1 51...
the CBS television network. The show took place in the fictional town of Mayberry, North Carolina, where Taylor, a widower, was the sheriff and town sage...
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milquetoast character Howard Sprague on The Andy Griffith Show and its spin-off Mayberry R.F.D. From 1959 until his death in 1994, Dodson was married to television...
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original "Chester" in the radio version of Gunsmoke, and as the Mayor of Mayberry (Roy Stoner) in The Andy Griffith Show. Parley Edward Baer was born in...
Episode of The Andy Griffith Show Poll". tagsrwc.com. "This memorable Mayberry villain was actually a real troublemaker who did time in San Quentin"....
bumbling witch Esmeralda (1969–72) on Bewitched, as Cousin Alice (1970–71) on Mayberry R.F.D., and as Bernice Clifton (1986–93) on Designing Women, for which...
thus coached Florida's lone All-SEC selection during this period: WalterMayberry. “We won every game that fall except LSU,” Auburn star Walker Reynolds...
2017. Retrieved November 25, 2017. Gray, Beverly (2003). Ron Howard: from Mayberry to the moon-- and beyond. Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press. pp. 7–8....
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