Don Zimmerman (halfback)

Donald Gordon Zimmerman Jr. (January 19, 1913 – May 25, 1974), nicknamed "the Flying Dutchman", was an American football player and track and field athlete for the Tulane Green Wave of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Don Zimmerman
Zimmerman depicted on a football card in the 1950s
Tulane Green Wave No. 18
PositionHalfback
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1913-01-19)January 19, 1913
Texas, U.S.
Died:May 25, 1974(1974-05-25) (aged 61)
Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight176 lb (80 kg)
Career history
CollegeTulane (1929–1933)
Bowl games
Career highlights and awards
  • 3× SoCon champion (1929, 1930, 1931)
  • Consensus All-American (1932)
  • First-team All-American (1931)
  • All-Southern (1930, 1931, 1932)
  • SEC pole-vault champion (1933)
  • Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame
  • Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame
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