Alexis Hobson
{{Short description|American football player (1880–1960)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college football player
|name = Alexis Hobson
|image = achobson.png
|image_size = 140px
|caption = Hobson c. 1900
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|2|25}}
|birth_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
|death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=y|1960|10|20|1880|2|25}}
|death_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
|school = Virginia Cavaliers
|currentposition=End
|class = Graduate
|weight_lb = 150
|pastschools = Virginia (1900–1901)
|highlights =
- Southern championship (1900, 1901)
- All-Southern (1900)
}}
Alexis Corydon Hobson (February 25, 1880 – October 20, 1960) was an American college football player.
Early life
Alexis Corydon Hobson was born to Edwin Lafayette Hobson. His father was a colonel in the Confederate States Army.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-richmond-news-leader-a-c-hobson-ri/166777757/ |title=A. C. Hobson Rites are Set for Saturday |date=1960-10-21 |newspaper=The Richmond News Leader |page=13 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2025-02-26}}{{Open access}}
University of Virginia
=1900=
Hobson was selected All-Southern in 1900.{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xLg2AQAAIAAJ&q=sewanee+%22ormond+simpkins%22&pg=PA615|title=All-Southern Eleven for 1900|journal=Outing|volume=37|page=616|publisher=Outing Publishing Company|date=1901}} Virginia claims a Southern championship that year.{{cite web|url=http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rfsc/champs/Southern.txt|title=Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation|accessdate=February 24, 2015}} The team gave Sewanee its first loss in three years by a score of 17 to 5, Hobson once saving a touchdown by tackling College Football Hall of Fame running back Henry Seibels.{{cite news|url=http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T19001130.1.2&srpos=3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-%22buck+harris%22+------#|title=Virginia Wins Decisive Victory|work=The Times|date=November 30, 1900}}
Career
Hobson worked for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
Personal life
Hobson married Gertrude Skelton. They had a daughter, Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Bryan. His wife predeceased him. He died on October 20, 1960, in Richmond. He was buried in Hollywood Cemetery.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Find a Grave|93881932}}
{{1900 College Football Composite All-Southerns}}
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Category:American football ends
Category:Virginia Cavaliers football players
Category:All-Southern college football players
Category:Players of American football from Richmond, Virginia
Category:Burials at Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)
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