Frank Jones (American football tackle)
{{Short description|American football player}}
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{{Infobox college football player
|name=Frank Jones
|birth_place=Brewton, Alabama, U.S.
|currentposition=Tackle
|class=Graduate
|height_ft=6
|height_in=0
|weight_lb=200
|school=Auburn Tigers
|pastschools=Auburn (1905–1906)
|highlights=
}}
Frank Jones was an American college football and basketball player.
Auburn
Jones played for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers of Auburn University, selected an All-Southern tackle in 1905{{cite news|newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution|date=December 3, 1905|title=Football Experts Give Their Selections For An All-Southern Team|author=W. R. Tichenor|author-link=W. R. Tichenor}} and unanimously elected captain for 1906.{{cite news|url=http://www.mocavo.com/Orange-and-Blue-Student-Newspaper-Auburn-University-November-14-1905/546685/8|title=The Captain|work=Orange and Blue|date=November 14, 1905|access-date=December 15, 2014|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092854/http://www.mocavo.com/Orange-and-Blue-Student-Newspaper-Auburn-University-November-14-1905/546685/8|url-status=live}} He was the third ever Auburn Tiger selected All-Southern, behind only Humphrey Foy and James Elmer.{{Cite web|url = http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/aub/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/08-mg-166-183.pdf|title = 2008 Auburn Football Media Guide|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = |page = 180|archive-date = March 4, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100024/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/aub/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/08-mg-166-183.pdf|url-status = dead}} Jones was also captain of the first-ever Auburn basketball team.{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-2391|title=Auburn University Men's Basketball|access-date=December 15, 2014|archive-date=November 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111030759/http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-2391|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/100405aac.html|date=October 4, 2005|title=AUBURN BASKETBALL CELEBRATING ITS CENTENNIAL THIS SEASON|access-date=December 15, 2014|archive-date=December 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226133907/http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/100405aac.html|url-status=live}}
In 1915, John Heisman selected the 30 best Southern football players and mentioned Frank Jones 19th.{{cite news|url=https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053729/1915-02-22/ed-2/seq-5/print/image_681x801_from_399,0_to_5650,6178/|title=Dixie's Football Hall of Fame|author=J. W. Heisman|work=Atlanta Georgian|date=February 22, 1915|page=5}}
References
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{{1905 College Football Consensus All-Southerns}}
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Category:Players of American football from Alabama
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