Abb Curtis

{{Short description|American football and basketball player (1902–1981)}}

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| image = Abb Curtis 1949.jpg

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| caption = Curtis, circa 1949

| career_position = Guard

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|9|5}}

| birth_place = Ada, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|7|16|1902|9|5}}

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| high_school = R. L. Paschal
(Fort Worth, Texas)

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Albert "Abb" Curtis (September 5, 1902 – July 16, 1981) was a former football and basketball player for the University of Texas at Austin.

Early life and education

Curtis was born in Ada, Oklahoma.{{Cite web|url=http://www.texassports.com/aa.aspx?hid=75 | format= | title=Men's Hall of Honor – Albert S. "Abb" Curtis | work=texassports.com | date= | accessdate=May 5, 2015}} He attended Paschal High School in Fort Worth, Texas and entered UT in the fall of 1920.{{Cite web | url=http://www.drbillywilbanks.com/basketball/TX-HS-BASKETBALL-HALL-OF-FAME.pdf | format=PDF | title=Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame | work=drbillywilbanks.com | page=54 | accessdate=May 7, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518080013/http://www.drbillywilbanks.com/basketball/TX-HS-BASKETBALL-HALL-OF-FAME.pdf | archive-date=May 18, 2015 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}

Professional career

Curtis was a letterman at defensive end for the Longhorns football team for two seasons from 1922 to 1923 and at guard for the basketball team for three seasons from 1922 to 1924.{{Cite web | url=http://texassports_com.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/2014/11/12/2014_15_Texas_Basketball_Fact_Book.pdf | format=PDF | title=2014-15 Texas Basketball Fact Book | work=TexasSports.com | pages=144 | accessdate=May 5, 2015 | archive-date=March 3, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205019/http://texassports_com.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/2014/11/12/2014_15_Texas_Basketball_Fact_Book.pdf | url-status=dead }} In his senior year, Curtis played on first-year football and basketball head coach E. J. "Doc" Stewart's undefeated football (8–0–1) and undefeated Southwest Conference champion basketball (23–0) teams.2014-15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, pp. 65–66 The 1924 Longhorn basketball team received a retroactive national ranking of No. 3 in the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.{{cite book|title=ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game|editor-last=ESPN|publisher=ESPN Books|location=New York, NY|year=2009|page=536|ISBN=978-0-345-51392-2}} Curtis received All-Southwest Conference honors in basketball following his senior season; he was also recognized as a consensus first-team All-American in basketball—one of only seven Longhorn men's basketball players ever to receive that honor, as of 2015.2014-15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, pp. 140–41

Curtis would serve as the supervisor of officiating for the Southwest Conference from 1950 to 1967. He was inducted into the UT Athletics Men's Hall of Honor in 1969.2014-15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, pp. 143

References

External links

[https://basketball.realgm.com/ Profile] at Real GM

Category:1902 births

Category:1981 deaths

Category:All-American college men's basketball players

Category:American men's basketball players

Category:Basketball players from Oklahoma

Category:Guards (basketball)

Category:Sportspeople from Ada, Oklahoma

Category:Players of American football from Oklahoma

Category:Texas Longhorns football players

Category:Texas Longhorns men's basketball players