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Hunter Hudson Kimball (July 14, 1893 – May 29, 1972) was a college football player and the first Executive Director of the Mississippi Game and Fish Commission.

Mississippi State

Kimball was a prominent running back for the Mississippi A & M Aggies of Mississippi A & M University. His playing in the 1911 Egg Bowl, then his position was at end, was cited as 'superb' by the Commercial Appeal. That year Mississippi A & M was invited to its first postseason bowl game, the Bacardi Bowl in Havana, Cuba. He received the most votes of any All-Southern halfback in 1914. He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.

Fish and Game Commission

He was the first Executive Director of the Mississippi Game and Fish Commission, appointed to the position in 1932.

Family life

His son Hunter, Jr. was a casualty of the Korean War.

References

1. ^ William G. Barner (2010). The Egg Bowl: Mississippi State Vs. Ole Miss. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 40. ISBN 9781617030741.
2. Spalding's Official Football Guide. NCAA. 1915.
3. John Wendell Bailey (1947). "1". The M Book of Athletics, Mississippi a and M College. 2: 40.
4. "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
5. "Celebrating Conservation". Archived from the original on December 13, 2014.
6. William H. Turcotte (1999). Birds of Mississippi. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 18. ISBN 9781578061105.

• 1893 births
• 1972 deaths
• Players of American football from Jackson, Mississippi
• American football ends
• American football halfbacks
• Mississippi State Bulldogs football players
• All-Southern college football players
• American conservationists