Daddy Potts Explained

Daddy Potts
Number:10
Position:Tackle
Birth Date:16 August 1898
Birth Place:York County, South Carolina, U.S.
Death Place:Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lbs:235
High School:Fort Mill (Fort Mill High School)
College:Clemson, Washington and Lee
Teams:
Highlights:
  • NFL champion (1926)
Pfr:PottDa20

Robert Crockett "Daddy" Potts (August 16, 1898 – August 11, 1981) was an American football player. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Frankford Yellow Jackets in the 1926 NFL season. Potts won the 1926 NFL championship with the Yellow Jackets. Outside of the NFL, he played for the Millville Big Blue, a successful independent team out of New Jersey. In 1925 Rae and Millville (sometimes called the Haven-Villa of Winter Haven) played several pick-up games in Florida against the Tampa Cardinals, featuring Red Grange.[1]

Potts played college football at Clemson University and Washington and Lee University.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. News: . "Daddy" Potts' Team to Play Red Grange . . . December 26, 1925 . 3 . September 8, 2024 . .
  2. News: Marks . John . Fort Mill native is the father of SC's pipeline to NFL . . . August 25, 2019 . A1 . September 8, 2024 . .
  3. News: Marks . John . Daddy (continued) . . . August 25, 2019 . A9 . September 8, 2024 . .