Ken Whitlow

Ken Whitlow

Ken Whitlow (1940)
No. 22
Position	Center
Personal information
Born	(1917-11-30)November 30, 1917 Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.
Died	November 12, 1969(1969-11-12) (aged 51) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Wichita Falls (TX)
College	Rice
NFL draft	1941: 22nd round, 199th overall pick
Career history
Miami Seahawks (1946)
Awards and highlights
First-team All-SWC (1940) Second-team All-SWC (1939)
Career NFL statistics
Games played 13 Games started 7 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Kenneth Moody "Tuffy" Whitlow (November 30, 1917 – November 12, 1969) was an American professional football center.

Whitlow was born in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1917 and attended Wichita Falls High School. He played college football for Rice.^[1][2] He was selected by the Associated Press as the first-team center on the 1940 All-Southwest Conference football team.^[3] He was also the captain of the southern team for the 1940 North–South Shrine Game.^[4]

He played professional football in the All-America Football Conference for the Miami Seahawks in 1946. He appeared in a total of 13 professional games, seven of them as a starter.^[1]

He died in 1969 in Houston.^[1]

References

1. "Ken Whitlow Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
2. "Ken Whitlow Has Last Fling: Wichita Falls Boy to Finish At Rice Today". Times Record-News. December 7, 1940. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Power Is Keynote As A.P. Picks All-S.W. Conference Grid Team". The Brownsville Herald. December 6, 1940 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Ken Whitlow Heads 'Grays': Wichita Falls Boy Named All-Star Co-Captain". Times Record-News. December 26, 1940. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.