Nollie Felts
{{Short description|American football player (1905–1974)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college football player
|name=Nollie Felts
|image=
|caption=
|major=Medicine
|school=Tulane Green Wave
|currentnumber=37, 63
|currentposition=End, Fullback
|birth_date={{Birth date|1905|2|7}}
|birth_place=Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|mf=y|1974|11|1|1905|2|7}}
|death_place=Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.
|height_ft=
|height_in=
|weight_lb=185
|pastschools=Southern Miss (1922–1926)
Tulane (1930–1932)
|class=Graduate
|highlights=
- 2× SoCon champion (1930, 1931)
- All-Southern (1931)
- Third-team All-American (1931)
- Southern Miss Athletics Hall of Fame
- Tulane Athletic Hall of Fame
}}
Nollie C. "Papa" Felts (February 7, 1905 – November 1, 1974) was an American college football player for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles of the University of Southern Mississippi and the Tulane Green Wave of Tulane University. Felts is a member of both schools' athletics hall of fame.
Southern Miss
He was captain of the 1923 Southern Miss team and is still considered one of the best football players in school history.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lj1M6wAI1DAC&pg=PA13|title=Rock Solid: Southern Miss Football|author=John W. Cox|page=13|year=2004|isbn=9781578067091}}
Tulane
Felts then attended Tulane University. He studied medicine.{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2023/Elmira%20%20NY%20Star%20Gazette/Elmira%20NY%20Star%20Gazette%201931/Elmira%20NY%20Star%20Gazette%201931%20-%200072.pdf|title="Papa" Felts|work=Elmira Star-Gazette|date=December 3, 1931}}
=1931=
The 1931 team, ranked #2 by the Dickinson Rating System,{{cite journal|url=http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv09/CFHSNv09n1i.pdf|volume=9|journal=College Football Historical Society|number=1|date=November 1995|title=The Scourge of Dixie}} featured Felts as a fullback in the backfield with Don Zimmerman. He weighed 180 pounds.{{cite news|url=https://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/handle/1853/24953/1930-11-21_20_10.pdf|title=Notes of Sportdom|work=The Technique|date=November 21, 1930}} Felts was selected as a third-team All-American in 1931 on the "Captain's Poll" of the Central Press Association.Bitt, Bill (Central Sports Editor) (1931-12-09). "Real 1931 All-American Team Selected by College Captains". The Evening Independent (Massillon, Ohio) Felts scored three touchdowns in the 27–0 victory over Auburn. He scored in the 20–7 victory over Georgia, the school's first ever loss at Sanford Stadium.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LdDCq3ybJPwC&pg=PA52|author=Patrick Garbin|title=About Them Dawgs!: Georgia Football's Memorable Teams and Players|page=52|isbn=9780810860407|year=2008}} Felts scored in every game of the season through the Sewanee game, leading the SoCon with 81 points at that moment.{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1931/11/22/page/26/article/illinois-preps-to-start-grid-drills-sept-1|work=Chicago Tribune|date=November 22, 1931|title=Tulane Rolls Up Ninth Win Over Sewanee, 40 to 0}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19311124&id=PjBBAAAAIBAJ&pg=3518,3917484|title=Greenie Holds Lead As Scorer|work=The Tuscaloosa News|date=November 24, 1931}}
=1932=
Felts was captain-elect of the 1932 team.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19321004&id=nvNPAAAAIBAJ&pg=4500,50268|title=Tulane Conducts Probe of Felts|work=The Evening Independent|date=October 4, 1932|page=6}} Previously in 1927, Felts played baseball with the Hattiesburg Pinetoppers of the Cotton States League,{{cite news|url=http://newspaperarchive.com/us/virginia/pulaski/pulaski-southwest-times/1932/10-14/page-2|title=Nollie Felts Is Ineligible|date=October 14, 1932|page=2|work=Pulaski Southwest Times}} which resulted in his ineligibility ruled by the Southern Conference for the 1932 college football season.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19321012&id=NnE-AAAAIBAJ&pg=3174,3962809|title=Tulane Makes Appeal In Nollie Felts Case|date=October 12, 1932|newspaper=The Tuscaloosa News}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/69410354/|work=Kingsport Times|date=October 14, 1932|title=Vols-Tide, Vandy-Wave Tilts Are Outstanding Offerings|page=2}}{{cite web|url=http://goldenrankings.com/weekendintime1.htm#nov-19-1932|title=November 19, 1932|accessdate=February 19, 2015}} The Greenies lost "their great leader" Felts shortly before opening week against Texas A&M.{{cite book|url=http://www.mocavo.com/Jambalaya-Tulane-University-1933-Volume-38/118068/132|title=Jambalaya|year=1933|page=128}}
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Category:American football ends
Category:American football fullbacks
Category:Hattiesburg Pinetoppers players
Category:Southern Miss Golden Eagles football players
Category:Tulane Green Wave football players
Category:All-Southern college football players
Category:Players of American football from Hattiesburg, Mississippi