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Harold White

Syracuse Orangemen
Position	Guard
Personal information
Born:	March 22, 1893 New York, New York, U.S.
Died:	May 4, 1973 Thomasville, Georgia
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight	273 lb (124 kg)
Career history
College	Syracuse (1913–1916)
High school	DeWitt Clinton
Career highlights and awards
Consensus All-American (1915)

Harold M. "Babe" White (March 22, 1894 - May 4, 1973) was an All-American football player, Olympic athlete, wartime intelligence agent, and big game hunter.

Early years

White was born in New York City in 1894. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in The Bronx.

Syracuse

White attended the University of Wisconsin later Syracuse University. He competed in the discus and shotput at the 1912 Summer Olympics. played college football for Syracuse University. He played at the guard position for Syracuse from 1913 to 1916. At 6 feet, 6 inches in height and 273 pounds, White was the largest American football player of his time. He was selected as a first-team All-American in 1915. He was also selected as the captain of the 1916 Syracuse football team.

Later years

White served as an Army intelligence officer in both World War I and World War II. He was also a big-game hunter who killed animals, including tigers and elephants, in India and Africa and then donated the preserved remains to the Field Museum in Chicago and that Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. He was reported to be the first American to visit Nepal and a friend of Haile Selassie.

He lived in Thomasville, Georgia, starting in 1923. He died at the Archbold Memorial Hosepital in Thomasville after an extended illness in 1973 at age 79.

References

1. "Syracuse Guards Are Heaviest on Gridiron This Year". The Miami Herald. October 17, 1915.
2. "'Babe' White Chosen Leader For 1916 Team: Giant Guard Is Named At Banquet Given By Donald Dey". The Syracuse Herald. December 14, 1915. ("White is the biggest man playing football today, weighing 273 pouns.")
3. ^ "Syracuse Elects White Captain". Morning Oregonian. December 15, 1915.
4. "Giant Guard Honored". The Idaho Daily Statesman. December 14, 1915.
5. ^ "Harold White Dies; Athlete, Explorer". The New York Times. May 6, 1973.

• Syracuse Orange football players
• All-American college football players
• American football guards
• DeWitt Clinton High School alumni
• Syracuse Orange men's track and field athletes
• University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics