Art White

{{Short description|American football player (1915–1996)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Art White

| image = Art White.jpg

| number = 66, 35, 12

| position = End
Guard

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|12|6|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Lockhart, Alabama, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|1|23|1915|12|6}}

| death_place = Gaylesville, Alabama, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 217

| high_school = Atmore (Atmore, Alabama)

| college = Alabama

| draftyear = 1937

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 14

| pastteams =

• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1937|1939}})
• Chicago Cardinals ({{NFL Year|1940|1941}})
• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1945}})

| pastcoaching =

• Chatham Field (1944)
  Head coach
• First Air Force (1945)
  Ends coach

| highlights =

• NFL champion (1938)
• NFL All-Star Game (1938)
• First-team All-American (1936)
• First-team All-SEC (1936)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 50

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 19

| pfr = WhitTa20

}}

Arthur Pershing "Tarzan" White (December 6, 1915 – January 23, 1996) was an American football end and guard who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants and Chicago Cardinals.

White's football career began at Atmore High School in Atmore, Alabama, where he was named an all-state player in 1929. He played college football at the University of Alabama, where he was All-American in 1936. While at Alabama, he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and earned both a bachelor's and a master's degree in mathematics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ashof.org/inductees/tarzan-white/|title=Tarzan White – Alabama Sports Hall of Fame|website=ashof.org|date=September 13, 2019 |access-date=29 July 2022}}

White was selected by Giants in the second round of the 1937 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1937 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1937/draft.htm |access-date=March 21, 2023 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He was a Pro Bowl player in 1938. He played two seasons with the Chicago Cardinals from 1940 to 1941.{{cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WhitTa20.htm | title=Tarzan White | publisher=Sports Reference LLC | work=pro-football-reference.com | accessdate=August 24, 2014}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.al.com/sports/2022/02/alabama-roots-130-pro-bowl-players.html|title=Alabama Roots: 130 Pro Bowl players|date=6 February 2022|website=Al.com|access-date=29 July 2022}}

When the United States entered the Second World War, White joined the Army Air Corps. He continued to play football for the Army all-star team and attained the rank of lieutenant. After the war, he returned to civilian athletics as a professional wrestler. As a wrestler, he won multiple world heavyweight championships.{{Cite web|url=https://welcometoatmore.com/2019/09/05/who-was-tarzan-white/|title=Who Was Tarzan White?|date=5 September 2019|website=City of Atmore|access-date=29 July 2022|archive-date=February 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207194713/https://welcometoatmore.com/2019/09/05/who-was-tarzan-white/|url-status=dead}}

White was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1981.