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Whitey Rawl

Fred B. "Whitey" Rawl

  • Class
    1928
  • Induction
    1982
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball, Men's Basketball, Football, Men's Track & Field
Batesburg, S.C.

B.S. ‘28
Football — Quarterback
Three-Year Letterman — 1925-27
Furman MVP — 1926
All-South Carolina — 1925-27
All-Southern — 1926-27
South Carolina Champion — 1925 (7-3), 1926 (8-1-1), 1927 (10-1)
SIAA Champion — 1927 (10-1)
Three-Year Record — 25-5-1 (16 shutouts)
1927 Purple Hurricane Known As “30-Mule Team” Outscored Opposition 285-59, Recorded Seven Shutouts (considered one of finest teams in school history)
2-0 Win Over South Carolina — 1925
26-0 Win Over Clemson — 1925
31-0 Win Over N.C. State — 1926
10-0 Win Over Wake Forest — 1926
14-7 Win Over Georgia — 1926
10-7 Win Over South Carolina — 1926
30-0 Win Over Clemson — 1926
13-7 Win Over Duke — 1927
20-0 WIn Over N.C. State — 1927
53-0 Win Over Wake Forest — 1927
34-0 Win Over South Carolina — 1927
28-0 Win Over Clemson — 1927
38-7 Win Over Miami, Fla. — 1927
Member of Furman Teams The Went 6-0 Versus South Carolina & Clemson
Baseball —Shortstop
Three-Year Letterman — 1926-28
Team Captain — 1927
South Carolina Champion — 1926 (15-3)
Three-Year Record — 37-21 (went a combined 10-2 versus Clemson & South Carolina)
Member of Furman Teams That Won School Record 16 Consecutive Games — 1926 (4 games) & ‘27 (12 games)
Member of Furman Teams That Defeated Georgia (multiple times), South Carolina (multiple times), Clemson Multiple times), Notre Dame, Tennessee, Auburn, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, N.C. State
Football Assistant Coach, South Carolina — 1932-33
Greenville News Furman All-Time Team — 1942
Furman Athletic Hall of Fame — 1982
Died August 12, 1980

Page updated by Hunter Reid (2/8/25)
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