T. C. Locke

{{Short description|American football player and adjutant general}}

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{{Infobox college football player

|name=T. C. Locke

|image=TC Locke (c. 1908).png

|image_size=150px

|school=Auburn Tigers

|pastschools=Auburn (1907–1909)

|class=Graduate

|birth_date=c. 1888

|currentposition=Guard

|highlights=

}}

Thomas Courtney Locke was a college football player and for eight years was adjutant general of Alabama.{{cite journal|title=District V|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ywQTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA362|journal=Caduceus of Kappa Sigma|year = 1908|volume=23|page=362}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2208304/the_atlanta_constitution/|work=Atlanta Constitution|date=May 19, 1919|page=9|accessdate=April 14, 2015|title=Will Rush Work Of Demobilizing 82D|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

Auburn University

He was a prominent guard for the Auburn Tigers of Auburn University from 1907 to 1909.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NELfymTOEmkC&pg=PA12|title=Auburn Football|author=Elizabeth D. Schafer|year=2004|page=12|publisher=Arcadia |isbn=9780738516691}}

=1908=

In the 10 to 2 loss against LSU in 1908, Locke blocked the punt which Doc Fenton recovered for a safety.[http://diglib.auburn.edu/cgi-bin/gloms/docviewer.pl?did=%2F1909 Glomerata] (1909), 276–282."Auburn Goes Down Before Louisiana", Montgomery Advertiser, November 1, 1908. He was also captain of the basketball team.{{Cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/aub/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/05guide8.pdf|title=Year by year scores}}

=1909=

He was selected All-Southern in 1909.{{cite news|work=Atlanta Constitution|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1917559//|title=The All-Southern Eleven Picked By Coach Heisman|date=November 28, 1909|accessdate=March 4, 2015|via=Newspapers.com|page=3}} {{Open access}}

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