Daddy Potts

American football player (1898–1981)

American football player

Daddy Potts
No. 10
Potts at Clemson in 1918
Position:	Tackle
Personal information
Born:	(1898-08-16)August 16, 1898 York County, South Carolina, U.S.
Died:	August 11, 1981(1981-08-11) (aged 82) Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school:	Fort Mill (Fort Mill High School)
College:	Clemson, Washington and Lee
Career history
Frankford Yellow Jackets (1926)

Career highlights and awards
NFL champion (1926)


Player stats at PFR

Robert Crockett "Daddy" Potts (August 16, 1898 – August 11, 1981) was an American football player. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Frankford Yellow Jackets in the 1926 NFL season. Potts won the 1926 NFL championship with the Yellow Jackets. Outside of the NFL, he played for the Millville Big Blue, a successful independent team out of New Jersey. In 1925 Rae and Millville (sometimes called the Haven-Villa of Winter Haven) played several pick-up games in Florida against the Tampa Cardinals, featuring Red Grange.^[1]

Potts played college football at Clemson University and Washington and Lee University.^[2]^[3]

References

^ ""Daddy" Potts' Team to Play Red Grange". The Evening Herald. Rock Hill, South Carolina. December 26, 1925. p. 3. Retrieved September 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Marks, John (August 25, 2019). "Fort Mill native is the father of SC's pipeline to NFL". Fort Mill Times. Rock Hill, South Carolina. p. A1. Retrieved September 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Marks, John (August 25, 2019). "Daddy (continued)". Fort Mill Times. Rock Hill, South Carolina. p. A9. Retrieved September 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .