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Jack Shivers

Jack Shivers

  • Class
    1938
  • Induction
    1988
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball, Men's Basketball, Football
Griffin, Ga.

'38 B.S. Biology
Football — Guard
Three-Year Letterman — 1935-37
Team Captain — 1937
All-South Carolina — 1935, ‘36, ‘37
South Carolina Jacobs Blocking Award — 1935
Member of 1935 Furman Team Known As "House of Magic" (posted six shutouts, outscored opposition 232-44)
9-0 Win Over Wake Forest — 1935
20-7 Win Over South Carolina — 1935
8-6 Win Over Clemson — 1935
South Carolina Champion — 1936
Member of Inaugural Furman Southern Conference Team — 1936 (7-2, 4-1 SoCon)
23-6 Win Over South Carolina — 1936
12-0 Win Over Clemson — 1936 (last Furman football victory over Clemson)
12-0 Win Over South Carolina — 1937 (third consecutive win over South Carolina)
Greenville News Furman All-Time Team — 1942
Basketball
Two-Year Letterman — 1936-37
Member of Furman Teams That Defeated South Carolina (multiple times), & Clemson
Baseball — Pitcher
Letterman — 1938
Head Football Coach, Timmonsville (S.C.) High School (Record) — 1938-40 (12-10-3)
Head Football Coach, McClenaghan (S.C.) High School (Record) — 1945-47 (20-12-3)
Furman Athletic Hall of Fame —1988

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