Son of Dr. WILLIAM LAFAYETTE HIGGINBOTHAM & EUGENIA "JANIE" L. EURAY/YEURY
Died: 25 May 25, 1943, Quonset Point Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Providence Co., RI.; from abdomial surgery (suffered from ulcers)
Military: WWI, WWII, U.S. Navy, Lieut.
Occupation: Played minor league professional baseball; college football & baseball coach
Elected to Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame
Married: Jul 25, 1925, ELIZABETH "PEG" TUCK, at the Tuck home in Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas
Two children:
1. infant HIGGINBOTHAM
1929 - 1929
2. Robert Gene HIGGINBOTHAM
1932 -
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May 25, 1943, The Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA:
Roswell Park Gunby Higginbotham
(1898-1943) TX
Former SMU Head Coach Dead
Higginbotham Dies at Naval Station
Dallas, May 26-Funeral services are expected to be held at Sherman, Texas, for Lieut. (jg) Roswell G. (Little Hig) Higginbotham, 43, former head baseball coach and freshman football coach and scout at Southern Methodist University, who died at Quonset Point, R.I., naval air station yesterday.
One of the great backfield men of Texas A. and M back in the twenties, Higginbotham left Dallas about a month ago to enter the Navy. Approximately two weeks ago he underwent an emergency abdominal operation from which he did not recover.
Higginbotham was born in Howe, Grayson County, and first gained prominence as a star backfield man at Sherman high school and then later as a triple threater at Texas A. and M. in 1919 and the early twenties.
He once pitched a no-hit no-run game against the University of Texas in the days of Uncle Billy Disch, University of Texas coach.
Higginbotham played semi-pro baseball in north and west Texas after leaving A. and M. and was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals, but did not report. He returned to A. and M. at the invitation of Coach D.X. Bible, under whom he had played, to become freshman coach. He remained there two years under Bible, five under Matty Bell and one year under Homer Norton. At A. and M. he was head baseball coach for five years and developed two championship teams.
He came to SMU March 1, 1936 and was installed by Matty Bell as freshman football coach and varsity football scout and head baseball coach. Later he became varsity backfield coach where he served four years under Bell.
Lieutenant Higginbotham is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Tuck of Sherman; a son, Robert Gene Higginbotham; a brother, Graley, and two sisters, Mrs. E.S. "Woody" Wilson, Davis, Calif., and Mrs. L.S. Aston, Fort Worth.
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May 26, 1943, Dallas Morning News:
Well known in sports circles throughout the Southwest, Higginbotham earned fame in his college days at A. & M. as a great triple-threat back and as a fine pitcher for the Aggie nines. Affectionately known as Little Hig, he performed on Aggie elevens. He also was a member of the famous Ross Volunteers, membership in which is one of the highest student honors at A. & M.
Higginbotham was held in great esteem at SMU for his ability to get along with the college youngsters and keep them out of trouble. As manager of the boys' dormitory, Atkins Hall, he was able to influence many young men. "His work in making men out of boys will be remembered far longer than the scores of the games in which his teams participated," Professor Lester Jordan of the journalism departments said. "He had a way with boys which made them put out that extra effort to win."
He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Elizabeth Tuck of Sherman; a son, Robert Gene Higginbotham, both of Dallas; a brother, Gradey (Big Hig) Higginbotham, also a famous Texas A. & M. player of Forth Worth, and two sisters, Mrs. E.S. (Woody) Wilson, Davis, Calif., and Mrs. L.F. Aston, Forth Worth Texas.
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Submitted by Ann Skipper Boykin (FaG member #47820856)
Died: 25 May 25, 1943, Quonset Point Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Providence Co., RI.; from abdomial surgery (suffered from ulcers)
Military: WWI, WWII, U.S. Navy, Lieut.
Occupation: Played minor league professional baseball; college football & baseball coach
Elected to Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame
Married: Jul 25, 1925, ELIZABETH "PEG" TUCK, at the Tuck home in Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas
Two children:
1. infant HIGGINBOTHAM
1929 - 1929
2. Robert Gene HIGGINBOTHAM
1932 -
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May 25, 1943, The Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA:
Roswell Park Gunby Higginbotham
(1898-1943) TX
Former SMU Head Coach Dead
Higginbotham Dies at Naval Station
Dallas, May 26-Funeral services are expected to be held at Sherman, Texas, for Lieut. (jg) Roswell G. (Little Hig) Higginbotham, 43, former head baseball coach and freshman football coach and scout at Southern Methodist University, who died at Quonset Point, R.I., naval air station yesterday.
One of the great backfield men of Texas A. and M back in the twenties, Higginbotham left Dallas about a month ago to enter the Navy. Approximately two weeks ago he underwent an emergency abdominal operation from which he did not recover.
Higginbotham was born in Howe, Grayson County, and first gained prominence as a star backfield man at Sherman high school and then later as a triple threater at Texas A. and M. in 1919 and the early twenties.
He once pitched a no-hit no-run game against the University of Texas in the days of Uncle Billy Disch, University of Texas coach.
Higginbotham played semi-pro baseball in north and west Texas after leaving A. and M. and was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals, but did not report. He returned to A. and M. at the invitation of Coach D.X. Bible, under whom he had played, to become freshman coach. He remained there two years under Bible, five under Matty Bell and one year under Homer Norton. At A. and M. he was head baseball coach for five years and developed two championship teams.
He came to SMU March 1, 1936 and was installed by Matty Bell as freshman football coach and varsity football scout and head baseball coach. Later he became varsity backfield coach where he served four years under Bell.
Lieutenant Higginbotham is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Tuck of Sherman; a son, Robert Gene Higginbotham; a brother, Graley, and two sisters, Mrs. E.S. "Woody" Wilson, Davis, Calif., and Mrs. L.S. Aston, Fort Worth.
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May 26, 1943, Dallas Morning News:
Well known in sports circles throughout the Southwest, Higginbotham earned fame in his college days at A. & M. as a great triple-threat back and as a fine pitcher for the Aggie nines. Affectionately known as Little Hig, he performed on Aggie elevens. He also was a member of the famous Ross Volunteers, membership in which is one of the highest student honors at A. & M.
Higginbotham was held in great esteem at SMU for his ability to get along with the college youngsters and keep them out of trouble. As manager of the boys' dormitory, Atkins Hall, he was able to influence many young men. "His work in making men out of boys will be remembered far longer than the scores of the games in which his teams participated," Professor Lester Jordan of the journalism departments said. "He had a way with boys which made them put out that extra effort to win."
He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Elizabeth Tuck of Sherman; a son, Robert Gene Higginbotham, both of Dallas; a brother, Gradey (Big Hig) Higginbotham, also a famous Texas A. & M. player of Forth Worth, and two sisters, Mrs. E.S. (Woody) Wilson, Davis, Calif., and Mrs. L.F. Aston, Forth Worth Texas.
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Submitted by Ann Skipper Boykin (FaG member #47820856)
Son of Dr. WILLIAM LAFAYETTE HIGGINBOTHAM & EUGENIA "JANIE" L. EURAY/YEURY
Died: 25 May 25, 1943, Quonset Point Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Providence Co., RI.; from abdomial surgery (suffered from ulcers)
Military: WWI, WWII, U.S. Navy, Lieut.
Occupation: Played minor league professional baseball; college football & baseball coach
Elected to Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame
Married: Jul 25, 1925, ELIZABETH "PEG" TUCK, at the Tuck home in Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas
Two children:
1. infant HIGGINBOTHAM
1929 - 1929
2. Robert Gene HIGGINBOTHAM
1932 -
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May 25, 1943, The Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA:
Roswell Park Gunby Higginbotham
(1898-1943) TX
Former SMU Head Coach Dead
Higginbotham Dies at Naval Station
Dallas, May 26-Funeral services are expected to be held at Sherman, Texas, for Lieut. (jg) Roswell G. (Little Hig) Higginbotham, 43, former head baseball coach and freshman football coach and scout at Southern Methodist University, who died at Quonset Point, R.I., naval air station yesterday.
One of the great backfield men of Texas A. and M back in the twenties, Higginbotham left Dallas about a month ago to enter the Navy. Approximately two weeks ago he underwent an emergency abdominal operation from which he did not recover.
Higginbotham was born in Howe, Grayson County, and first gained prominence as a star backfield man at Sherman high school and then later as a triple threater at Texas A. and M. in 1919 and the early twenties.
He once pitched a no-hit no-run game against the University of Texas in the days of Uncle Billy Disch, University of Texas coach.
Higginbotham played semi-pro baseball in north and west Texas after leaving A. and M. and was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals, but did not report. He returned to A. and M. at the invitation of Coach D.X. Bible, under whom he had played, to become freshman coach. He remained there two years under Bible, five under Matty Bell and one year under Homer Norton. At A. and M. he was head baseball coach for five years and developed two championship teams.
He came to SMU March 1, 1936 and was installed by Matty Bell as freshman football coach and varsity football scout and head baseball coach. Later he became varsity backfield coach where he served four years under Bell.
Lieutenant Higginbotham is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Tuck of Sherman; a son, Robert Gene Higginbotham; a brother, Graley, and two sisters, Mrs. E.S. "Woody" Wilson, Davis, Calif., and Mrs. L.S. Aston, Fort Worth.
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May 26, 1943, Dallas Morning News:
Well known in sports circles throughout the Southwest, Higginbotham earned fame in his college days at A. & M. as a great triple-threat back and as a fine pitcher for the Aggie nines. Affectionately known as Little Hig, he performed on Aggie elevens. He also was a member of the famous Ross Volunteers, membership in which is one of the highest student honors at A. & M.
Higginbotham was held in great esteem at SMU for his ability to get along with the college youngsters and keep them out of trouble. As manager of the boys' dormitory, Atkins Hall, he was able to influence many young men. "His work in making men out of boys will be remembered far longer than the scores of the games in which his teams participated," Professor Lester Jordan of the journalism departments said. "He had a way with boys which made them put out that extra effort to win."
He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Elizabeth Tuck of Sherman; a son, Robert Gene Higginbotham, both of Dallas; a brother, Gradey (Big Hig) Higginbotham, also a famous Texas A. & M. player of Forth Worth, and two sisters, Mrs. E.S. (Woody) Wilson, Davis, Calif., and Mrs. L.F. Aston, Forth Worth Texas.
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Submitted by Ann Skipper Boykin (FaG member #47820856)
Died: 25 May 25, 1943, Quonset Point Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Providence Co., RI.; from abdomial surgery (suffered from ulcers)
Military: WWI, WWII, U.S. Navy, Lieut.
Occupation: Played minor league professional baseball; college football & baseball coach
Elected to Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame
Married: Jul 25, 1925, ELIZABETH "PEG" TUCK, at the Tuck home in Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas
Two children:
1. infant HIGGINBOTHAM
1929 - 1929
2. Robert Gene HIGGINBOTHAM
1932 -
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May 25, 1943, The Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA:
Roswell Park Gunby Higginbotham
(1898-1943) TX
Former SMU Head Coach Dead
Higginbotham Dies at Naval Station
Dallas, May 26-Funeral services are expected to be held at Sherman, Texas, for Lieut. (jg) Roswell G. (Little Hig) Higginbotham, 43, former head baseball coach and freshman football coach and scout at Southern Methodist University, who died at Quonset Point, R.I., naval air station yesterday.
One of the great backfield men of Texas A. and M back in the twenties, Higginbotham left Dallas about a month ago to enter the Navy. Approximately two weeks ago he underwent an emergency abdominal operation from which he did not recover.
Higginbotham was born in Howe, Grayson County, and first gained prominence as a star backfield man at Sherman high school and then later as a triple threater at Texas A. and M. in 1919 and the early twenties.
He once pitched a no-hit no-run game against the University of Texas in the days of Uncle Billy Disch, University of Texas coach.
Higginbotham played semi-pro baseball in north and west Texas after leaving A. and M. and was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals, but did not report. He returned to A. and M. at the invitation of Coach D.X. Bible, under whom he had played, to become freshman coach. He remained there two years under Bible, five under Matty Bell and one year under Homer Norton. At A. and M. he was head baseball coach for five years and developed two championship teams.
He came to SMU March 1, 1936 and was installed by Matty Bell as freshman football coach and varsity football scout and head baseball coach. Later he became varsity backfield coach where he served four years under Bell.
Lieutenant Higginbotham is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Tuck of Sherman; a son, Robert Gene Higginbotham; a brother, Graley, and two sisters, Mrs. E.S. "Woody" Wilson, Davis, Calif., and Mrs. L.S. Aston, Fort Worth.
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May 26, 1943, Dallas Morning News:
Well known in sports circles throughout the Southwest, Higginbotham earned fame in his college days at A. & M. as a great triple-threat back and as a fine pitcher for the Aggie nines. Affectionately known as Little Hig, he performed on Aggie elevens. He also was a member of the famous Ross Volunteers, membership in which is one of the highest student honors at A. & M.
Higginbotham was held in great esteem at SMU for his ability to get along with the college youngsters and keep them out of trouble. As manager of the boys' dormitory, Atkins Hall, he was able to influence many young men. "His work in making men out of boys will be remembered far longer than the scores of the games in which his teams participated," Professor Lester Jordan of the journalism departments said. "He had a way with boys which made them put out that extra effort to win."
He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Elizabeth Tuck of Sherman; a son, Robert Gene Higginbotham, both of Dallas; a brother, Gradey (Big Hig) Higginbotham, also a famous Texas A. & M. player of Forth Worth, and two sisters, Mrs. E.S. (Woody) Wilson, Davis, Calif., and Mrs. L.F. Aston, Forth Worth Texas.
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Submitted by Ann Skipper Boykin (FaG member #47820856)
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